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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-24
THE BnEAK IN boston.
One swallow does not make summe

one swallow does not make summer,
and one Democrat elected to Congress
from Massachusetts will not change at
once the political complexion of the
House at Washington: but the over
turn in the Boston District must be
regarded as a most suspicious omen.
For a Democrat to win in this district,
not on local issues, but, after a
thorough discussion of national ques-
tions. by a phenomenal majority is
one of the signs of the times which
should cause much rejoicing in the
the lame and halt and blind in dlsput-
ed districts to turn out to the help Of
the Lord, to the help of the Lord
against the mighty.
At the last election In the Boston
District the Republican candidate won
by a plurality of 1880; on Tuesday
Of the present week, Eugene N. Foss
turned this Republican plurality into
a Democratic majority OF $50. The
issues by which the miracle was
wrought is explained by the issues
which We're discussed-the Payne
Aldrich tariff bill, and the high cost Of
living; the failure Of the Republicans
to supervise the trusts being the cause
of high living. The successful Demo
cratic candidate preached it into the
minds OF the voters of the district
that the party in power had utterly
failed to make good its pledge for an
honest revision of the tariff, and the
defeated Republican consoled himself
With the reflection that his defeat
would not be in vain II 1t convinced
the Republican leaders at Washington
that Something must be speedily ac-
complished in the way of lowering the
cost Of living
The Boston District has always been
regarded as the Gibraltar of Republic
canism in Massachusetts, and Mr.. Foss
is the first and only Democrat ever
elected to Congress from this district.
He won on a clean, straight fight
against the Taft tariff %iniquity, and
there will be other victories OF the
same sort before the snow flies again.
This reputation of tho party in power
is Indicative OF the larger reputation
Of the party all over the. country neNt
November, and once more In power the
Democrats will have only themselves.
TO blame IL they do not swing on to
the Government at Washington till the
not mean summer, but this particular
swallow does NEAR that the winter Of
our discomfort is passing.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-24
Claimants for Enrldoms.

Among the protests filed onFthe on-
gcasion Gof~ thegrecent election at Holy
rood Palace by the paers of Scotland
Of sixteenSGof their number to repre-
sent : sh !, Z o IS I, !, n ! tns s MoHSs s ,9 &, !, = g..
Was one against. the participation ny
the Earl OF Eg1tnton and sWinton IN
tia affair, The protest was filed bya
veternn OF the charge 8of the Light
ihore the name OF Militant F, Fulton
but ia now known8ae WILLIAM Mont.
gomary Heel fms tie he tile great
great-grandsonaHsof ss.AleSand 81. Us n nth
Earl OF Egllnton. and Titus the nearest
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-24

,hicll ear he secured at tho buslncss

which can be secured at tho business
office.
Iscformatory for Girls.
Is there a reform school for girls
within this state? II so, to whom
should II apply to for particulars In
a SUBSCRIBER.
No such school has yet been built
Plans are on foot, however, to BULL
a school of this character within th(
next few months in the vicinity
Not for u..
d. r. r.: If you Will read thefcap.
ton OF this column you will sef why
your question cannot be anJwered
here
University OF Virginia, Etc.
!. Please tell me who were he nrst
gradutcs OF the University OF Virginia
2. What is a postgraduate course,
and what does 1t include?
8. Please state the requirements t0f
obtain n scholarship.
a. Please give me the data ana deNtil
of Hon. John Il. Massic former state
Superintendent of Public INSTRUCTION.
INQUIRER.
1-3. Write to DR.. r. a. Alderman,
President. University of Virginia. Tor
full Information.
2. Postgraduate course Is designed
for students who have finished their
regular collegiate coursc and wish TO
take up advance work in any fed OF
science or art. The extent OF the
depends entirely upon the In
stitution Offering 1t and to tho needs
OF the Individual student.
4. This date Will be printed as scott
as We can ascertain II.
Selling Tin Foil.
Please advise me II there is A mar
ket for tin foil; II SO. where and who
are the buyers. r.. N.
Their Is no apprcciable demand fdf
tin foil at this time.
Miss Helen Gould's Address.
Please give me the address of Miss
Helen Gould. SUBSCRIBER.
557 Fifth Avenue, New York City.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-24

Hailcy's Comet.
i. In what part OF the sky can TIal-
Iley's comet be scent
q. Please give me a way OF caring
for the finger nails? p. L. i.
i. "a Reader sends lis the following
answer to our query: II note n num-
Der or Your readers have been anxious
to know when and where Halley's
comet could be seen. The comet now
appears as a bright star OF the first
magnitude about five degrees to the
left OF tho Pleiades or Seven Stars;
that is, between tho Plciades and
I1yades. and can BIO plainly seen from
dark to 1870 p. NJ"
Home Journal for this information.
That paper makes a specially OF mani
curing and similar gentle arts.
--
The Dog Tax.
1. How old shall a puppy be before
you are required to pay tax?
2. Are you compelled to pay tax on
a dog II they are not allowed on the
street? Fl
8. can an of1cial take up your dog
on your property II you have not paid
tax; also IL you have paid tax and the
dog may not have his badge on, either
on the street or in your yard? What
redress has the owner IL taken up by
the dog-catchers?
REGULAR SUBSCRIBER.
1. SO far as we know this question
has eve been decided ut Jaw. Wa
should imagine that the puppy was liza
BILE to tax when 1t was able to leave
Its mother.
2. II you keep the dog In the city
yo,. are required To pay a tax whether
or not he runs loose.
8. The officer Is justified In setting
the dog under any Of tho conditions
mentioned by you, according to the
city ordinance.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-24

The Federal Department Of Agricul-
sture has just Issued a cookbook, tell
Ing how a chuck steak may be made.
to taste like a porterhouse. but the
book omits the a1l-important point
how to get the steak.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-24

We have some suspicious that the
ship which reported a python loose in;
the how might have been laden with.
Irish whiskeyaE
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-24

When the peers voted on Tuesday
that the title did not confer a right
to rule, they ave themselves the same
thing their great-great-grandsires gave.
Charles l., and In the same place.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-24

"There Is some soreness among biz
game hunters because Roosevelt was
given such unusual privileges by the
government" The soreness. the cable
might have added. was not due to any
particular damage inflicted by the I'M.
errins rifle of Kettle Hill.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-24

"vllainous, awful and diabolical." is.
the language of a New York attorney
who protests against the introduction.
of the Moe check In tho Aids hearing.
This 8languagelmight be applied to sew
eral other things in New York besides
the case In point. s
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-24

If Uncle Joe bet IS. 1000 that he would
not be deposed and promised to devote.
that sum to charity, there issan8 added
reason WHY he should lose his lob.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-24

Y must admit one thing: when old
TAFT accented the Presidency OF the
High School Alumni, none
could accuse him of partisanship.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-24

liabeas corpus proceedings have been
begun for Banker Morse. The Atlanta
People Will now have a chance to show
they know as much about the
law as the officers OF Matteawan.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-24

. bLsDAI az
Ii Speaker Cannon Will keep MS
mouth shut and give the allies plenty
Of rope some OF their number at least
are sure to hang themselves before the
war Is over.
There is tie Hon. Dorsey w, Shacklc-
ford, for instance, who is reported by
the Associated Press to have made a
bitter personal attack on the Speaker
on Tuesday. He appeared to be very
| much wrought UP, and Is said. to have
Hooked the Speaker straight In the eye
when he shouted, II am not talking
about Cannonism: I am talking ABOUT
Cannon Then turning to Vic Muir
dock he shouted: Come on. Murdoch,
let us fight it out on the principles
that lie at the foundation of free
government" or course. this was very
dramatic, and out on the stump in
Missouri 1t might have ticlled the ears
ot the groundllngs to the extent OF
|lynching the Did rcprobate from Illi-
nois. In reading the story OF Mr..
.Shacklcford's performance we were all
most persuaded that he had the Speak
err exactly where he wanted him. until
In the enumeration Of his grievances,
Mr.. Shacklcford Insisted that the bill
to pension the Missouri state militia
organization that took part In the Civil
Waron tho side OF the Union would have
been passed had It not been for the
influence OF Mr.. Cannon In preventing
Its consideration on the floor OF the
House,
Was there ever so lame and impo-
rent a conclusion? Ought Mr.. Cannon
tic be drawn and quartercd for his op-
position to such a measure as this.
is this really the extent of Cannon's
offending in the eves of the gentleman
from Missouri that the Speaker should
have prevented by the exercise OF the
authority conferred upon him the pass
rob the taxpayers of the United States
for the benefit Of the militia OF Mis-
souri, who fought on tho side of the
Union? We do not know what the
strength of the militia organization
Of that State was during the War
Against the South. but we can imagine
that IL the gap had been laid down it
1t would have been found that nearly
all of the male population of the
Eighth District OF Missouri at leas,
would have been at h box office OF
the Treasury Department In Washing.
ton seeking compensation for Their
services in saving the Union.
Forty-nye years ago tho Wa Be-
tween the States ended. Five years
later the Government paid out In PEN
sions to the soldiers who had fought
on the Union side the sum of so7,7sO,.
Sl1. In 1909 the pension charge
against the Government at Washing
ton amounted to S161,97s,7o3. Is this
patriotic drain never to stop? wa
the Union really worth saving If the
cost Of saving it Is to increase accord
Ing to the distance from the hour OF
its delivcrancc?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-24

Another Of Richmond's claims to i'm
mortality is that the weatherthere. in
the later days of March. puts a man in
fine shape to enjoy the cool nights in
June. ~
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-24

Uncle Joe's alleged double might
have come in rather handy a few days
ago when the old man was having his
5littlc3diversion in the House.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-24

IT was up, with Uncle Joe all the
time" says Congressman Slemp. And
Herewith he put another nail into his
co lin. .aWaE a.Gt ~ .aNEl aMataN MA @aMiN]
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-24

Uncle Andy CarncEie did not 80
''aboye the Clouds to look at9the stars.
lie went to get some idea Of how
things would be in that country he Is
trying to reach by flying away all
that he hath. EXCEPT what he cannot
help making
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-24

man In Now York has been given
500 a bank falsely protested
his check. We know OF certain par
ties who would let a bushel of checks
go to protest for half that sum.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-24

According to the Norfolk Yirginian-,
Pilot. the report of the Internal Rev
cnue bureau shows that during 3the
Year 1909 more licenses were issued to
North Carolina dealers by the Federal
authorities than during any similar
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-24

The suggestion that former presi-a
dent Roosevelt be placed on the re-
tired list as nander-in-Chief OF
the Army and Navy at a per annum
of $4,000 for the rest OF his life
was rejected by the Senate Commit
tee on Pensions the other day. II he
would only agree to retire from DO
litical life we think the country would
get off cheap at twice the price. BY
this time he must have run through
with a large INrt of his savings as
President. and the subscription fund
that was raised by some OF the inter-
ests to get him u Of the country. and
he is as deserving OF a pension as
thousands of other patriots who have
never saved the Union or anythin-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-24
had VOTERS AND GnArTEns.

S'N 80 ~ aSsHoM ~
quantities, do not inebriate.
BAD VOTERS AND GRAFTEns.
Pittsburg cannot he content off the
front pages Of the newspapers. II 1t
cannot announce new plilanthropics
OF old Carnegie, 1t must send out a
story Of a divorce; and IL 1T cannot
claim public attention on the strength
of a. great baseball team, 1t compro-
misses on a strike. When It has no
church congress within It's gates, do
ing queer things, 1t has to fall back
on it's old Jain to fame and sen out
new reports OF municipal graft anu
corruption.
The latest of these stories, which Is
being paraded before the American
people from Maine to Arizona. in the
papers this morning, is perhaps the
most amazing. With at least sixty
city politicians involved, and with
many prominent business men renb-
ling lest some States witness shalt
implicate them. the whole town gov
ernment Is in u%pheava1.
Thus far, offers OF immunity and
promises of protection have been cx-
tended to many OF those who were
willing to face the facts and to con-
fcss their wrong-doing. Most OF the
Pittsburg councilmen who could do so.
have already availed themselves OF
this protection and are t1ronging tho
office of the States attorneys, Offer
ing to tell the whole story. now that
secrecy is a thing of the past.
This immunity may. of course, be
necessary. You can only catch a thief
with a thief, and you can only con-
Wet q CRATER on the evidence OF an
other CRATER. Only when some one
who has been enjoying the plumber
begins to ''sqneal' can a city ever
hope to round up the herd and brand
them as thieves. At the same time.
II tndtscriminate offers OF amnesty are
continued, the chances are that every
mar who has anything serious to fear
from exposure will avail himself OF
ZET4EEtu%a- EEE#EEa lHrL.
tie protection offered him. None will
be left to convict.
The average man who reads the
shameless story of Pittsburg's dis
grace will be inclined to think that
every city is in the same class. and
that the same demon OF graft has
found entrance into every council
chamber. Men would not be men if
they did not. in their haste, take a
case for a type. They would not be
men il they did not reason in haste
that every city is rotten hecauso one
city is rotten.
AS a matter of fact, the government
of a city is generally as good as the
city. After all. the voters elect the
councilmen and, in 90 per cent. OF all
cases. the people know whom they are
electing. If the voters are honest and
sincere, free from ring rule n intel
ligent enough to choose for them
selves, they can elect good men and
secure good government. II they are
boss-ridden and controlled by a dis
honest majority, or themselves con-
done the evils of which their repre-
%sentatlves may be guilty, the people
will put grafters into office and pay
the price in bad administration. waste
and loss. Pittsburg has rotten gov
ornmcnt to-day because the people OF
Pittsburg. or a majority Of them. do
not really want honest men in office.
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THE TIMES -DsPAToH RICHMOND, VA, THURSDAY, MARCH q, 1911.

period in the past. ''rhe same docu-
mont disc1oscs tile fact that more
wlllslscy was shipped into the state
during that year than rel before.
What these facts signify is plain to
any candid mind: but the advocates
Of Statewide prohibition either ignore
them altogether or expend useless
breath in effort to minimize the lesson
they teach" Prohibition does not pro-
hibit. It never has prohibited.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-24

John u. Ro%ckcfellcr'a Address.
Please give me Mr.. John D. Rookie.
%feller.s home, private and business ad-
dress. S. j. S.
This address was printed in The
Times-Dispatch of March Q. copies OF
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-24

The other day, while Mr.. Bacon, OF
Georgia, was speaking in the Senate.
Vice-President Sherman Eve are sure
Is the name. and not Colfax or
Hannibal IIamltn or Tairbanks. as our
assistant thinks 1t may have been),
sneeSed so loud aud long that the
Senate was convulsed with laughter.
This does not mean, however. that
when Bacon takes SNUFF Sherman
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-24

Many solemn thoughts must have
nlled the head Of the Colonel when he
among the tombs Of ancient
Egypt the other day; but II old Chcops
could have spoken he would probably
nave said: "As you are now, so once
was as | am now, you soon must
be-" II the Colonel had only stayed
attic head OF affairs over here n lit
tie longer the ruins of Egypt would
not have had much advantage overtthe
ruins OF the United States.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-24

a Boston woman has demanded that
Whtttier's poem. Barbara Frietchic.''
be barred from the public schools OF
that town on the ground that the poem
is%not fair to the South and its sol
diers. But let 1t that go: If all the
unfair things that have been writ en-
In Northern textbooks about the South
were excluded there would be few. If
any, Northern textbooks.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-24

Ere%spondlngly gratifying way. THIS
makes for temperance. Tho man
who drinks 10 gallons Of beer IN the
course OF a year is n far less danger
Gus citizen than a MAJ who CONSUMES
two or three gallons Of rankcr all
coholic stuff which incitcs' of.entimcs
to deeds OF violence.
The Prohibitionists could not con-
tribute more to the cause Of true tenn
;pcrance than by encouraging the maru-
tacture OF domestic wines and tho
lighter matt Observation-Disclosures which.
cheer, and, unless taken IN excessive
quantities, do not inebriate.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-24

The Philadelphia strike will beaendedi
soon, because the news editors are he
Ginning to take the story off thaStront'
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-24

The Norfolk Landmark calls atten-
Stion to an act passed by the recent
Legislature regulating the use of pro-
fame and abusive language, The act
will golSinto effect in about ninety
days, and we may expect some tall
talk down in Norfolk before the close
season begins, But how can anybody
live In Norfolk without swearing?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-24

.'Peary should now so and Join
Cook" says the Alexandria Gazette.
Why not arrange for a meeting Of tho
two Explorers IN .Atlanta?S Probably
the Governor of Georgia and the
Mayor Of Atlanta would be willing to
recognize Commander peary if he
could be properly introduced by the
doctor who got 10 the Pole first.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-24

The Daily Review. of Clifton Forge,
thinks that Governor Mann's veto OF
the bill providing two pay days the
month, which would have been of In
tcrest only to the employees Of the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, may.
8injure the Democratic party in the
eastern part of the State. The Review
also says that some persons cannot
understand why, after having said OH,
the stump that he would favor refer.
ring to the people II Statewide law
on the liquor question, "the Governor
laid downSon the propositions Neither
OF these criticisms, it seems to us, is
justified BY the Governors conduct in
either case.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-24
WHAT THE PAPERS THINK.

The Bristol Herald-Courier says that
when Mr.. Taft spoke at thatsplace dur
ing the last presidential campaign the
friends of William Jennings Bryan
checred heartily when tho great Ne
braskan's name was mentioned BY Mr..
Taft. and that "Mr. Taft lost his head
and yelled at them that If they had the
sense they We're born with they would.
not do It," That was very bad form
In Mr.. Taft.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-24

E.lEENa4 49,. rAWALxI
has stored his course as nearly as he
could according to law.
We like the man; we despisc his
politics and his political party. He
Ought not to take the criticisms OF
the newspapers too seriously; they ore
one of the penalties Of his Office
The newspapers would roast" him,
Just the ame whether he agreed
with them or not, because, II lie agreed
with them. such is tho perversity. Of
printers ink that they would still disa-
gree. In this way only an he be
kept humble and mindful OF the po-
lltica1 death which awaits him when
Our Candidate again takes the field
against him.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-24

3. The officer IS justified in setting
the dog under any Of tho conditions
mentioned by YOU, according to the
city ordinance.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-24

Selling Tin Foil.
Please advise me II there is a mar
ket for tin foil; II SO. where and who
are the buyers. II. N.
There Is no apprcciable demand fdf
tin foil at this time.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-24

Miss Helen Gould's Address.
Please give me the address of Misc
Helen Gould. SUBSCRIBER. +
55T Fifth Avenue. New York City.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-24

2. II you keep the dog in the city
yo,. are required to pay a tax whether
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-24

Not for Us.
y. r. r.: If you Will read thefcal
ton Of this column you Will SET vi
your question cannot be anJwert
here.