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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-29
.FARQUHAR LEASES
BA ST ORD PARK
Lord Rcdesdalc Unable to Re-
tain Beautiful Country
Seat.
.--------------.----.
DUE TO INCREASED TAXES
.------------------
Strenuous Life Led by New
Governor OF New
Zealand.
DUE TO INCREASED TAXES
NY IA MAnau1sE DE roNTENoY.

I,Y Ia ,ItRQUIsE DE FONTE.NoA:
- RANNll1I.E FAEllI iiait, VINO -
almost as well known ~ lnis
county as in England, naVlng
married some fourteen years ago
Miss Helen Livingston, daughter OF
the late Edward l.. Livingston ol New
York. mas Just rented on ions IsaSs
the beautiful country seat or Lore
Redesdae, known as Batsford Park:
which Lord Redesdale declared nil, ai'eI, !
some months ago as unaDle 10 retain,
owing to the increased taxes IMPOSED,
upon everything IN the shape ol lhnueu
property. Granville Farqhnar IS q
cousin of Gilbert Fnrquhar me actor
and also Of Lord FarGuhar, the per-
manent lord In waiting OF the hlng,
and for number OF years .iie master
of the royal household, when lie en-
tirely reorganized.
The Farquhars are descended from
Sir Robert Farquhar, of Glmilnscroll,
IN Ayrshire. Il place Which haS oeei. .
In the possession OF me taniiiy 40, aot
some 500 years. Sir Robert was aep
uty receiver of Scotland IN we aei -, u
OF Charles J., his great great gray
son, waiter, was pnyslcian W NY no
Prince Regent, ana was nN lil , ,. vi y
a baronet in 1895. Sir waiter secolI''
SON Robert, was first governor i,I.
commandments chief OF lnc Ma w, TITUS l.u.
alter Its conquest IN lhlI' n'iu ~ NJ .
clslng species OF suHcraihtA ~. ny
name of the English crown over MAO :
D.
on the throne Of that island aNnasly
Of which the now c%lied Queen OIL
Madagascar. a captive IN Algefla, ~
the last reprcsentatlNe. re IN turii
was made a barohet LOT ms 90, SiSe 5
in 1875. and four OF his sons held ms
baronetcy in turn. the eldest dying as
secretary OF IeEatloh az Iekln' Wilt
the NTH son, Horace, received paron i
etcy Of MS own. the thlru IN tne ram
| lily, some twenty-three years ago. oeing
subsequently advanced TO the peerase
as Lord farqunar.
inc present chlct oil the mouse ot
Iarquhar Is SIR Henry farquildr, Oh
| Glimiinscrott, VINO makes ms nome ~
the ancestral mansion AT eiiiflilhscfolt
ms brother e5ranyilie, VINO Is mem,
| per OF inc LONDON STOCK f-Ichanse
and very rich. mas llouse IN -olaoh
III Fark street, rents me GieIliNe t
moors IN banitsnlfe from INC luke OF
kichmond ana Gofdoh, aloIs win thS
shooting lodSc pertaining tnersto' ahu
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-29

To the Editor of The Times-D ispatch
notwithstanding the great OPP
portunities for development and tls
advantages of inland trade prevailing
from the Atlantic To the Pacific. and
from the kenebec to the Rio Grandcl
there are few countries that have SUI
fcred so much from the omissions OF
statesmen in framing organic laws as
the United states OF America
That parties would injuriously gov
ern a minority by combinations OF
majority of States, based on sectional
lines. and through the presidency,
ought TO have been foreseen by the
convention which instituted the Office,
Mr.. Jefferson. in measure. foresaW
the trouble whilst in France, but had
no share in framing the United states
Constitution. More than any other
statesman did he foresee the skaters
ing influence of an exclusively sec
tional choice OF a President when, in
1919 he remarked: we have had all
OF our work for nothing" Even in
our changed status since the war we
have suffered from great omissions of
statesmen that seem almost unac-
countable. Negroes have been made
citizens who ought to have been deni-
zens or alien friends with property
rights. With our changed state Con-
sttutions tadmirabe in many re-
spects). there is q nagrant want OF
authority with our Governors. The IN.
certainty as to the adoption of "tha
national income tax amendment"
urged Tor years by all parties, is SUR
prisinG and suggestive, The Icgisla-
lures of three great states baked or
refused to obey the will of those who
elected them, and the greater repre-
scntatiyes of tho people. the Governors.
had no authority to adjourn them and
call for new elections. Are the true
interests of our people to break DOWN
for want of "the onc-man powcr2"
What is plainly detective in our State
governments is stlll more obvious in
the United States government. If there
is one purpose in which the people OF
the United States are agreed upon and
determined to effect, it Is to impose a
reasonable tax upon large incomes
everywhere in our country. We all
know that Congress has exclusive
jurisdiction over the District of Co
lumhia. Yet if a multimillionaire
wants to escape taxation on bonded
investments. all he has to do is to
move Gas many have done) to the
District of Columbia. There not a cent
of tax is gathered from bonds or their
handsome dividends. Millions of in
come could 20 untaXed, and within the
shadow of the very Congress which
has proclaimed the necessity of an
''income lax amendment" But I'VE
statesmen will omit some things, and
Congress is a wonderful body. Small
as may be their per diem, it Is said
that some of it's members can "hox"
as we'll as the best (and some run on
occaslon). All that Congress needs
is a little petting here and there. and
few vi COPIES Of the OLD song nBlow.
The great defect in our country is to
be found in its organic law-the
product of Republicans (and some
| Democrats). OBSERVER.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-29

comes and on the tinearncd Increment
OF land and all the other class taxes,
which made the measure so objection-
able to land owners, remain as they
were.
The question now is whether or not
the Lords will attempt TO defeat the
VIII OF the people as expressed in
the choice of the present Parliament.
They have practically no recourse in
any case. If they veto the budget
again, they cannot force a general
election without the consent of the
Cabinet. which will hardly be forth
coming so soon as the last election.
In this way the Lords veto at most
would only delay action until the King.
at the demand of the Liberals, could
appoint new Liberal peers, and would
thereby change the majority in the up
per house
The chances are strong, therefore,
that the Lords will yield and will
stake their hopes upon the operation
of the budget. If the revolutionary
clauses of the tax law are sufficient
to arouse general discomfort in Eng
land, and If they bear heavily upon
the working classes BY increasing
rents, the Unionists will still have a
chance to undo. in the next Parlia
ment, all that the Liberals have done
at present Even then, however, their
hopes would be fixed, not upon their
own powers, but upon the action OF
the Unonists in the House of Commons
of the next Parliament, since the
powers of the Lords Will almost GER
tainly be restricted before the present
Parliament is dissolved. 1t begins to
look as though the Lords were agains.
the wall, with little hope of coming
of unscathed from the fight.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-29
>ot nm once, says MIR. He'll.

To the Edltor OF The Timcs-Dispatch:
Sir,-Apropos to the discussion as
TO appointment of Hon. Richard l..
Byrd as attorney by contract to rep
resent the State or any department. Of
the state" which is the exact lam
ruaec OF the law, with all due re-
spect. we think. and so say the law
and decisions, that they arc not cor
rect in holding to the theory that the
position is an office, for most clear
" IT Is not. The question as to what
is an office and who is an officer would
seem in the light of usage and the
decisions not to be now longer in
doubt. Now, inasmuch, as the APP
nointee is member of the General
Assembly, in order for him to be
Ineligible for this position the case
must necessarily come under article
Asa of the Constitution, which inhibits
a member during his term from being
appointed to a civil Office of profit
Now. in this instance. he only occu-
MES toward the State relation. eX
contractu. as an agent, or as an en-
Move. in representing it in any de-
,partment. Witness the employment OF
United states Senator John W. Daniel
to represent Virginia in certain legal
matters, which. did not make him a
State officer, else mat also Woulu iia'e
violated the Constitution.
This. OF course, makes clear the diff
ferencc between the employment by
n government. under mere con-
tractual relation and the occupancy OF
a public office. In law the distinction
between a mere employment and an
office. is founded upon the powers
welded. the functions performed, the
cbaractar of tlle position.
The requirement or test to make
one a public officer. is, that he should
exercise some power In himself. that
can rightly be called part of the
sovereignty of the state" See Hartigan
VS., Board OF Regents, 40 w Va, IA,
for full discussion of what consti-
tutes u public office. and s. z, Rep.
COS, also 4 Mechen on office and otticer.
1t has been decided that juror is
not an officer of the state although
he performs a distinct duty and re-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-29

Edward Charles Dimsdale, OF the
Rifle Brigade. whose engagement 10
Catherine Barclay daughter OF Mr. and
Mrs Edward Il. Barclay, of Pelham
Hall. Herttordshire has just been an
nounced. is one OF those comparatively
rare EngllShmen who can boast OF the
possession of "a foreign title, borne
with the consent of the English crown:
1T was bestowed upon an ancestor of
his an eminent medical man OF the
eighteenth century. VINO was specially
invited by Empress Catherine of Rus
sia 10 tho court OF ST. Petersburg for
the purpose of inoculating herself and
the grand duke, her son, against small
pox and In order to introduce the art
of incubation into Russia. He ac-
Quilted himself so much to the salts
faction of his imperial patients that
he was rewarded with the hereditary
title of Baron OF the Russian Empire,
with the prefix of honorable" In
addition TO this, she created him u
councillor OF state, presented him with
a sum OF 100000. and the right of
adding to his armorial bearings a wing
Of tho Russian Black Eagle. DR.. Dims-
dale was grandson of that Robert
Dimsdale who accompanied William
Penn to America in 1852
Copyright, 1910. by the Brentwood COB
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-29
MAKING PROFESSIONALS.

The New York papers are much dis
turbed over bill now pending in the
state Legislature increasing the salary
.of Assemblymen to $4,000 and of Sem
ators to $4,000. In the main, there is
commendable opposition to this in
crease in the public burden. and most
of the papers are outspoken against
the bill. A few correspondents and
fugitive writer's. however, arc defend
ing the increase in the legislators pay
as not only legitimate, but cXpedient
and their arguments are as amusing
as they are intended to be wcighty.
A writer in the New York Tribune,
discussing the question, takes the
ground that the members OF the AS
scmbly are at present so poorly paid
that many of them cannot afford the
expenses of the canvass. The change
in the law, he thinks, will not en-
courage men to run for the office Tor
the sake of the emoument, but Will
be sufficient to enable man OF aver
age means to serve in the Assembly
without sacrifice.
1t seems to us that salary of So
900 is enough to make legislative SER
vice anything but a sacrifice and is
sufficient to pay. several times over
the legitimate expenses of any cam
paign. 1t is about as much as most
of the New York Legislators are worth
for full years daily service 1t is
doubtless unwise to adopt the English
system and to say that a man shall re-
ceive no cmolument for services
in legislative bodies, but that he must
bear all the expenses of canvass.
all tho cost of long residence in a
capital, and all the Incidental charges
of public office, without cent of pay.
Yet 1t is equally unwisc to give man
years pay for two months work, and
1t is still worse to fix the pay of mem
bers at such figure that politics
will become profession, to be rank
ed as such and to be paved as such
When men so into politics for a liveli-
hood, some of them will not stop
with the amount allowed by law, be
1T $500 or $4,000, but they VIII use
their official connection for making
more money. The professional poll.
tican is the most dangerous of al
politicians, and he is never SO dan
gerous as when he holds an office that
gives good pay for little work.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-29
CARING FOR rnE CHILDREN.

1t is high time the good people
of Richmond were perfccting plans
for the care of the city's children dur
Ing the summer months. There arc(
perhaps 5000 children here whose pa
rents are unable to send them to the
country during the hot months, which
are so rapidly approaching, and many
ing july and August, IL the city do
not take some steps to relieve their
wants and to give them what they
must have TO fight their battle agains,
heat and summer diseases.
AS yet plans are rather immature.
The Ice Mission, with its customary
activity, is raising funds and is pre-
pairing to carry on It's good work: the
'old Doctor of Clarke" who has savet,
the lives of many Richmond children,
is to throw open his farm to them
again this year: the City Health De-
partment is TO make the fight of its
life 10 prevent infant mortality from
intestinal complaints and private phil
anthropies Of one kind and another
are TO provide for more or less linz
ited number Of children Between these
various organizations, there is a chance
that considerable part Of the city
children will be cared for; but there
is lacking. as vet any central. munich
pal plan for the care and recreation of
all the children.
1t is highly important that the play
grounds be opened, and that they be
liberally supported by the people They
VIII not Of themselves solve the whole
question, but they will do moro, il
properly operated, TO amuse the chill.
dren and 10 build up their bodies thar
any plan that can he DEVISED Hereto
fore. the Fairgrounds have been rur
under most decided disadvantages
There have been Unavoidable delay.
connected with their openins; ,hail
equipment has been scanty. and som,
gnf them have lacked trained director!
IA watch the children. All of this
should be corrected. and promptly cor
frcoted, 50 that the greataat posslbl,
gEoed will result 10 the greatest pos
nible number OF children in the city.
1t is no foolish philanthropy which
dictates proper care OF poor children
during Tie summer, and II Is no vast,
Eof money TO provide. as far as the cit,
tran provide. FOR those whose parent
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-29
cuEcN ur TIE CENSUS.


census '7up'tN 'sot y tsuse"a No.,
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aepeiius' - any uos'' e. o'o'' '''' fop"-
'@s 10, u me cry
ne o'itS way 70 prevent TINS damage
10 the city is for every employer Of
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eY'.pt's - anu ~ t"s '"eS are en"-
go, = 'i''s oe conc aNu u '"e
ss"i's 'e - o'i'p..s io'"a'uea 10 'i'e
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t4'et a'0.s 'ts-' ea'A aau every mouse
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20 ie'P 'ne government IN us WORK
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-29

ceiyes pay. Ergo, could not member
OF the General Assembly serve as
Juror? Could not a court appoint
scribe or stenographer, who would be
paid. ami who might also be member
OF the Legislature. to take down the
proceedings OF a case. and could this
appointec he held 10 be public oil-
Ger? We respectfully submit TO so
hold would certainly be tho reductio
ad absurdum. Further. see Sawyer
VS.. Corse. II Graf. go, where. in VIZ
ginia. mail carrier, although sworn.
IS held not to be an officer. The Leg
islsture has again and again recog-
nized this matter OF extra compensa-
ton for extra duty in like cuses.
So from tho facts, the law and the
decisions. we have no difficulty in ar
rlving at the conclusion that this po-
sition is not a civil Office and that
consequently the appointee docs not
hold civil Office.
ALDEN BELL.
Culpcper. Va, April IS.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-29
nnlcs OF sct-Bacls.

Please answer the following aues-
lions!
i. In a game of setback, there are
six playing. y has three to goi b has
only one TO go, and the rest have five
and six to go. 4 bids two, and makes
high, Jack. game; b only makes low.
does a or Il go out?
2. If the count for game is tied does
1t count for the bidder? H. r.
The game is played both ways, and
the particular rules for the game
should be determined in advance.
. To the bidder.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-29
TIE LORDS AGAINST THE NALL,

After several weeks of debate. the
real crisis has come in England. The
Commons, approved by the people and
justified at the general election, have
rcdrafted the Lloyd George budget, have
given the Unionists time to discuss It,,
and have now passed the measure by
u strictly party vote, The bin is prac-
tleally as II WAS when the Lords vetoed
II last winter and appealed to the peo-
pie, The revolutionary taxes on in
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-29

The Colonels incognito. we are told.
prepared for his Berlin entrance, will
consist of his Khaki uniform. brass
band, the Brownsville negroes and a
detachment of the Rough Riders.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-29
1Nclline Cnr,l.. etc.

a lady and gentleman have sent me
an invitation to the marriage of their
daughter to Il young gentleman who
is a friend of mine. / do not know
the young lady. nor her parents.
should | acknowledge receipt of this
invitation? IL so, how and TO whom
A READER.
You should send your card TO the
person issuing the invitation, whether
you know him or her Or not
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-29

The new White House COW, we arc
told, is named "Gwendolyn,'' while
her lamented predecessor was called
"Mooley,' This is but another proof
Of the present dcpraved taste which
shelves the good old-fashioned names
in favor OF these outlandish new ones.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-29

are unable TO give them the neces
sary rural recreation. The city's fu-
turc leaders and the city's coming
rulers are among these children. Their
protection at this time is their better
preparation for government and for
citizenshiD
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-29

We are glad there is to be no race
for the South Pole, The photographers
had made US sorry that the North ono
was ever found,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-29

The Joy of the Portsmouth, fans was
greater when they found, late last
night, that Norfolk had merely tied
Richmond, than it wasswhen they took
three games straight from our boys
themselves.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-29

still, oven IL we do not get 5000 OF
our people in the census, we shall
have about 10000 the better OF a GER
tain village in Georgia.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-29
Thc Right of Woman to propose.

| am Whiting a debate on the sub.
ject. "Rcsolved, That custom should
sanction tho right of woman to pro-
pose" Please give me some points on
The negative. STUDENT.
AS this question does not involve
any technical information, sc think
you are as competent TO pass on II as
we are
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-29

The French aviator really did not
mean to steal a march on his English
rival. EIe was just cracking small
joke knowing that the other party
would be slow in reaching the point
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-29

Did the great Jim tremble when he
heard that Stanley had shade the
worse of it, Maybe he believes that
after all there is only one negro in
the country who can hight. and he is
moi named johnson.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-29

can a man be compelled by law to
pay a debt made by his Wife for
clothes bought before her marriage
and charged to her, IL her father re
fuses to pay for same, or pays part
SUBSCRIBER.
There seems TO be no statute. law
on this subject in the Code. We do
not think tine husband can be made to
assume these debts.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-29

DTOlCtINpH at lllIS NIllit 80 '''S'' 'S,tNi
preparation for government and for
citizenship.
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SMELLING TIE 1NsURGENT WOODS.
The Democratic wits of the Senate
had some fine fun with the Insurgent
Republicans ON Wednesday,, if the re-
port of what they said is really what
they said. Senator Rayner, who made
n capital speech on the railroad bill,
paused in the midst of his discussion
OF long hauls and short hauls, Federal
charters and State rights. to twit the
Joe Bailey, pulling his jokes out of
his desk. had a few choice remarks to
make Aldrich laughed, as he had a
right to laugh, and senator Dolliver,
good. easy man. got as mad as thunder
and wanted 10 take the whole thing
seriously.
Stripped of Joe Bailey's Jokes. the
proceedings in the senate were merely
another attempt on the part of the
Democrats to show up the Insurgents
as they are and to strip from their
shoulders the lions skin under which
they have been hiding their long ears
Rayner very properly said that If the
Insurgents We're not Republicans they
We're Democrats they should join the
Democratic brotherhood and take thei,
place in the ranks as good soldiers OF
an honest tariff. Bailey shot in the
same direction, and tried to draw Sen
ator Dolliver from cover. They were
only partially successful, however. as
the Iowa statesman withdrew from the
field with red face, murmuring some
thing about the right of every ono TO
fight for what he thought was right
wrong, regardless of political ahila-
tons
The Democrats shcllcd the woods in
yair because the Insurgents will not
leave the tall timbers. They are stand
ing for something that they know to
be nothing, and they know that their
political faith is the same Republican,
ism, no matter how they flirt with the
Democrats. We wish it We're other
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10. 80 1rs,r,,,s NO "a. s,r,noro 3,
their attacks on the Republicans. They
will howl against the Aldrich .lbomi-
nation, knowing that such bowling is
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...,,..as r,,a,,aa $50, 80. -.
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/ iioNeNSt, wv Z. - q SiS'e uuS NpiIi
! ing, by and by. The Insurgents mus
I ellncT ne approved OF ulsdpprONeu II
their States. When they go home t.
test the temper of their Legislatures
they will find men waiting who vii
make them declare whom they viii
serve. They cannot then dodge The
issue, but If they are opposed to the
INI;epublican rule they viii have tc
cease wearing the Republican colors
/ If they are Republicans at heart they
VIII have TO say so, and VIII have to
| ilsht under the nag or be elected
from the camp.
Future insurgency may be OF Sood
Democratc warp but the present
qualltN OF goods Is not. me Demo
Gratis nave only 10 stand last Where
they are III 'hcir old ciothes ana wait
1of me hepuoiicahS Oh inc west 10
si'oW 'ile country "i'a' IS the aye OF
t''e'r ciosn' Itlil tha' ''''e zoe balieH
ana i'as''e' ma nave "S iiUe'i iul' as
''teS piease ~. wy io"'' i.oii' nc
VIII oniS roar. lie VIII not tiSht.
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