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The Washington herald., 1910-05-26

It's about time the Washington fans
realized that our baseball team is playing
as good a game as any club in the Amer
lean League right now. Out Of the last
ten games the Nationals have won eight.
and the end is not yet in sight. Already
Detroit has dropped two here, and the
Tigers will be lucky II they get away
with one victory on this "trip.
Many of our distinguished citizens. who
never get any nearer National Park than
an occasional glimpse Of one Of the sport
ing pages or a bulletin board, wonder
what It is all about. They can remember
when Jake stahl had tho team in 1903.
and. after wonderful Western trip, re-
turned home leading the league They
also recall a splendid squirt under Cantil-
lon two years ago, when our boys wound
up the season in a blaze of glory by grab
bling something Ike twenty games out OF
thirty. Now the club. under Jimmy Nc
Aleer has shown consistent ability TO
win. Pitchers are going at top speed.
and there is enough hitting strength TO
corral runs when needed.
There is no denying the fact that Wash
ington is playing good ball The boys 20
into every game with confidence. II they
are behind. they fight desperately tc
catch up and forge ahead. II they are a
few runs to the good. they play just a;
/ hard and lever let up for a minute
Tho answer is slmple-Jim McAleer.
| Manager Jim seems TO have fitted II
here nicely. He has accomplished won
ders already by establishing complete
! harmony, Offering timely advice an'
| shrewd judgment Every man on tn
/ club is working his head off for Manage
Jim The pitching STAFF, which two week
! ago looked shaky and uncertain, seems L
have rounded into shape. and at the pres
ent gait the team is hitting there is n
| limit 90 what can be accomplished.
The fans have not yet fully awakene
10 the fact that the Nationals are at pres
ent putting up the best ball seen here Il
years.
The Washington herald., 1910-05-26

Manager Hugh Duffy. Of the Chicago
White Sox. declares that the Windy
Cityites' new ball park will be ready by
July ]. President Comiskey IS desirious
Of opening the new ball park on that
date, and says that men will work day
and night to complete the park in time
The Washington herald., 1910-05-26

Mnan's capture Of Delehanty's hard
drive in the second inning. which had
all the earmarks OF a three-base hit, was
sensational. and the speedy little out
fielder endeared himself to the fans more
than ever.
The Washington herald., 1910-05-26
CROOMS TWIRIING TAKES SECOND GAME FROM TIGERS
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
YESTERDAYS RESULTS.

New York, 4, PittSburG, ,.
Chicago, Gj Philadelphia, I.
Boston, 4, Cincinnati, 3.
Brooklyn, - st. Louis, ..
The Washington herald., 1910-05-26

Since the erection q Forbes Field. the
Pittsburg world champions ball park,
nine home runs have been made by
batters hitting the ball ever the wall,
saws a report from the Smoky City. The
first was made on July .. 1909. by Mike
Mitchell. Of Cincinnati Jack Miller, Of
the Pirates, was the second man TO do
the trick. his cIout having been regis
tered on July % Of last year. On August
Is Hans Wagner of the Pirates, fell in
line. too. and on September Joe Tinker,
of Chicago. cracked the ball so hard that
it went sailing over the fence. The others
were made by Jack Murray, OF the
Giants on September q, 1909; Jack
Flynn. OF the Pirates, on April %, 1910,
and Tommy Leach Of Pittsburg. and
Buster Brown. of Boston. on May IS,
1910. and Ames, Of New York. yesterday.
The Washington herald., 1910-05-26
The score.

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The Washington herald., 1910-05-26

While the Georgetown team was warm
ing up before the game, Menefee hit a
hot liner down the field and the ball hit
John hooks, eight years OF age. in the
LETT Jaw. John was hurried away 10
the Georgetown University Hospital and
was fixed up in time 70 arrive at the
game and get wet with the rest Of the
r0Oteys.
The Washington herald., 1910-05-26

Tut. tut. ny boy. don't tell It 10 me
I'm in no mood for such things sou see.
FIR went 70 the game and got caught in the rain
And had 10 stay in autil my clothes dried again
The Washington herald., 1910-05-26

The amateur commission, al its meet
ing Monday nisht, appointed commit
tee Of three 20 draw up set Of rules 10
govern the championship contests in the
fall The commission recommended tAa-
the series start about August %, and a
schedule VIII Doe drafted 10 start about
that time. provided arrangements can
be made 10 secure the grounds.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-31
TIMES p1spATcF RoIoND VA SATURDAY. DECEMBER 81 1910

etmstanccs. Yet there viii be some. as
there are and have been III the case or
every county newspaper that evei was
printed, whowill resent being asked to
pay up-sorne who regard n newspaper
as a public charity some who take it
as almost personal insult that they
should be asked to pay u Just and
small debt.
1t Is our hope that the Abingdon
Virginian and the News VIII speedily
rocoup and appear again in the news
paper field. They have been excellent
papers and we shall miss them Many
of these county papcrb taking All
things into consideration, are much
more readable. much more en-
PERTAINING. much more profitable than
many city paper with it's great re-
sources and broad tield
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-31
.rouNpEns DAY" Al HAMPTON.

"rounder's Day" at Hampton lnsu-
.,to uil1 he observed on the 2Sth of
January. This day was first celebrat-
ed on Sunday. January Is, lSv4-siN-
teen years ago-in memory oil Gcneral
S. c. Armstrong, the founder OF TINS
great school who died May IL, 1873.
"roundcr's Day" has been continued as
an annual event to preserve the mem
DRY of General Armstrong and the
great work he began The celebration
this wear will occupy two days. Ihere
will be 81 number of addresses and an
open conference, in which the Northern
and southern visitors to Hampton VIII
get together and speak plainly touch-
ING all matters relating to negro edu-
cation.
The chief address at this conference
will be made by DR. S. G, Mitchell, of
the University of South Carolina. 1t
is expected that large number of inn
portant men will be present from the
South, among them, Governor Mann, or
Virginia Major w. W. Screws, of the
Montgomery Advertiser: state Auditor
Brandon, ana DR.. y. j. Baldwin, of
Montgomery; DR. Philips, City Superin-
tendent OF Schools of BirminSham:
Gunby Jordan, of Columbus, Ca. and
Others Of like consequence. There will
also be large number of visitors from
the Northern Statcs-walter Page, or
New York; DR.. Henry S Pritchctt of
the Carnegie Foundations Thomas Nei-
son Page and John d. Rockefeller, Jr.,
besides a number of the more eminen,
magazine writer's. Ambassador jus
serand. of the French Republic, and
President Taft, who is one of the Trus-
tees of the Hampton Institute, Will
also be present.
These annual gatherings at Hampton
and the free conferences which they
encourage have been of the largest
value to the educational interests of
the country. The good that has been
accomplished by Hampton cannot be
measured. 1t is really one of the
greatest schools in the country, and
has eXerted splendid influence upon
the race in whose behalf it was found
ed. There is better understanding
now than ever before of the true re-
lation of the State to the education of
the colored people, and by such confer
ences as that shortly to lie held at
Hampton, in which there is a free In
terchangc of opinion and experience
between the men who live with the
negro question and those who regard
it only from philosophical point OF
view, the best solutions of many
Of the vexatiors questions can be Oh
tanned,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-31

deal Of folly aud tend to make one
careless Of fine distinctions In the pup
lie service"
This is absolutely right. Every Cit
lien who thinks that his United states
Senator is doing the correct thing
had better read The reports of the Sec
rotary of the Senate as to expenditures
for The personal comfort of members
of the Senate.
Here are a few facts from this doc
ument: Members of the United states
Senate have IN the last few months
required si75 worth of Lemons and two
barrels of granulated sugar This. in
dicates the popularity of lemonade ana
denaturcd highballs. Appoliinaris
''spiits' have been served to the SEN
ators to the amount of $i,S5G and we
wonder what went with tho split that
made the split so popular The public
treasury has paid out just $29,Ol1 for
kilograms for these ponurious gentle
men. Stop and think about that Nor
have the Senator'S failed to do them
selves up before the mirror, for they
used SS2O worth of hair brushes in the
last year.
But arc not these pcrquisites required
to enable these statesmen to accom-
plish properly their duties? They have
used up tremendous amount of soda
mint for their indigestion; they have
rcveled in Jamaica ginger: they have
rioted in bromo settler; they have
fairly immersed themselves in castor
oil. and they have voluptnously soothed
their tired and aching limbs in violet
water The Hon. Benjamin Ryan Till
man has, doubtless, used cologne TO
excess, and the Hon Jerrics Davis has
gloried i'll the delights of almond paste
for his flowing locks
There is still another remarkable
item. The Senators have consumed in
the last year just 1000 quinine pills.
Colds and fever must be fearfully
prevalent in the higher house of the
nations great Assembly.
Why stop at these emolumcnts?
Why not carry the graft on to the
limit? 1t is LOCALIZED graft now; why
not lcsalize ad inGntum? Why not
supply the Senator'S with the whislsey
they need, with free food, with frock
coats, with automobiles and aeroplanes.
with vanity boxes and powder puffs.
with Wallets and biographers? Why not
send them all to Europe and provide
personal representatives to take their
seats in the Senate? That would be
a contamination dcvoutly to be wished.
What is so sybaritic as a Senator in
full enjoyment of the many small
crafts which go together to make up
a very large graft? Some one of these
days, these "iolly-so-frce gentlemen
VIII learn that luxury at the public
expense cannot endure.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-31
SCORE TEN ItOR STRAUSS.

We were sure that soon or late the
characteristic sin of the Chicago TIL
bune would find it out. Mr.. 1. y.
strauss, writing to that newspaper
from Ripon, Wisconsin, puts the case
in this way: For years have noted
the admirable inconsistency which
makes your paper strongly indepcn-
dent until campaisn nominations have
been made; then YOU suddenly become
a strong party organ-at least so long
as the nominees take your orders
Thank you, Mr.. strauss. Happy New
Year to the Tribune, even IL 1T have
been caught with the goods.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-31

SON. and Johnson, by the way, is an
honorable and honorcd name In Demo
cratic history.
There is Il striking contrast between
I Hale and Johnson. Hale Is stern old
aristocrat, aloof from the people, dis
daning that which is Democratic. John
son Is the opposite type, a self-nade
man like the latncnted johnson of Min
nesota. This Maine johnson worked
his way through college, taught school
for seven years, and studied law In
spare hours. He is a plain man Of
he plain people. For twenty four
years he has been successful at tho
bar, as Mayor of his city and in the
Legislature.
Johnson seems to he the very man
for the job. IL he shall be loyal to the
folks down in Maine, he viii do all
right.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-31
THE MACK MAN Ar THE BAR.

According 10 the New York Evening
Post, a Gprkerspurg, West Virginia,
paper ssSs,"
I'm the light of President Taft's ap-
pointment of Edward Douglas White,
Democrat o. the far South, 10 be
chief Justice the appointment of a coll
ored man as assistant attorney general
seems hardly wise a spectacle of a
colored lawyer, be he ever so astute
and learned, advocating the cause of
the United States before her highest
tribunal presided over by Southern
gentleman and a Democrat. can hardly
be imagined
Commenting on this, The Times has
TO say:
extreme of prejudice thus frankly
stated if only because it enables us to
perceive whittier unrestrancd race dis
like Will carry u.s.
In our view, both of these state
ments are wholly erroneous, Neither
seems to realize that Mr.. Chief Justice
White has often, in the long years of
his judicial career, heard many a col
ored advocate plead causes before him.
sort occurred TO our knowledge. In
all these years, the charges OF race
prejudice and sectlonalism have never
been laid al the door OF the great head
of our highest court. The past speaks
amply for the future Elevation to
the chief justiceship can in no way
alter the judicial attitude of Mr. Chief
Justice White
For the benefit of the New York
Times ii might be added that the
judges of the South are not unfrlendly
In their relations with colored adj
vocates. They realize as Northern
Judges cannot. the great disadvantages
and obstacles With which the colored
lawyer has had to contend in order
to make living in his profession, and
they are pretty likely in a close case
to give him whatever benefit Of the
doubt that. can come from klndiness
Southern Judge toward the colored
man is distinctly unprecedented. II any
thing, he leans toward the man in
black. II he be respectable law-abid-
ing. ana not arrogant and assuming
II the Times would read The Times
Dispatch more carefully, ii would learn
many things which would give ii a
broader and more understanding out,
look on the race question Less than
ysar ago this paper printed story
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-31
SHNJrI,O'I'II.

II there be one clear-cut political
figure in Colorado. 1t is Governor Sha-
froth of that State. He is a fine public
servant and we Should take pleasure in
voting for him If we had the chance.
Why? Because Mt the end of the
biennial term allotted him lie will turn
back into the State treasury something
between fifty and one hundred thou
sand dollars of unexpended appropria
lions, an occurrence without precedent
in Colorado history. and, we think,
with few presidents anywhere else.
Another reason. He refused a re-
election to Congress because he had
reason to believe that it was secured
by corrupt voting.
Another still. His admirers have
been suggesting him for a presidential
nomination, but he says that II is
foolish for the Democrats to think of
nominating a Western man. He is
right.
More shafroths would be blessing
to this country.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-31

The stanton Dispatch tells a very
interesting story about "Mollie," .
horse owned by the Rev. DR.. w. n. Scott.
of that city. This horse gave evidence
of almost human intelligence by saw
ing her life on the night of the Gal
weston flood. going up a long flight of
steps to a room over the stable. She
has served her owner faithfully and
has been rewarded by being given a
home in the country, where She Will
live in comfort the remainder of her
days doing only light work. For thir-
teen years this horse has been driven
by her owner and, as she is now nine
teen, DR.. Scott felt that she ought to
spend the rest OF her life in compare
tive ease. This could not be done If
he kept her for his use. for a preach
cr's horse has about as hard work to
do as Doctors. and he has shown
his appreciation of her worth in get
ting her new home" That was a
kindly act, well done, and. we feel
sure, appreciated. There are some
horses that deserve pensions lot
more than fake Union soldiers who are
fattening at the peoples expense.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-31
,,ur cr>rr or Tun SENATOR'S.

some time ago a correspondent OF y
oa,tain country contemporary of ours
referred to some folks who had become
intoxicated at free picnic as ihem
iolv go free gentlemen" This is an
appellation that in our opinion can
be arplied most fifty to United States
Senators in the enjoyment of the lux
uries which are furnished them While
in office. The Senators get the luNu-
ries; the people nay the bill.
The plain people pay for the path-
ing, shaving and massaging OF unltee
states Senator's. The commonalty also
pays for blacking their boots and FOR
hair tonic" for their heads. The
House has abandoned these perquisites.
for the House is closer to the people,
its members feeling like Congressman
Anderson, of Ohio, who says that If
any of his constituents came down to
Washington and saw him shaving at
the public expense he couldn't carry a
single precinct in his district.
The Ohio State Journal thus COM
ments on his utterance!
Nor ought he II Is disgrace for
man to take $1,000 year from the
taxpayers and make them pay for
shaving MIN and shining his shoes,
spongng on the people in any such
fashion shows a lack of manhood A
republic has no business mlnistcrlng
to personal significance. II is rec
ognition of the old monarchical doc
trine that one man Is better than an
other. The peope ought not TO toler-
ate it Such crafts are the way to u
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-31
RATHER UNCOMFORTABLE ron
DICKINSON.


Secretary Dickinson will not give up
the war Portfolio at Wasningtoni al
least, such is the assurance that comes
to us through. the Atlanta Constitution
which says: IA strong character, q
LAWYER of exceptional ability, q man
capable of handling big things Seere-
tary Dickinson is worthy of any hohof
that might come knocking at his door
That is to say. he would make first
rate United states senator from Ten
nessee; but he has determined to such
TO Mir Taft, in spite of the fact, as
tho Constitution alleges, that he "tinds
himself mysterious stranger III the
room OF the Presidents advisers lie
is in the Cabinet, but not of IT. Beng
Democrat, he cannot join in the tax
about politics with the other Cab1ne'
members; and yet he finds himself shut
out from the Democratic councils II
was because of his somewhat anom-
alous position" that he proposed to get
out. but when the story was started
that he and the President had had q
disagreement about that confidential
report" dis to the defcnseless condition
of the United States. he determined to
live il down. il he could, by staying in
the Cabinet
If tile information of the Constitu-
ton is correct Secretary Dickinson
appears TO have heen caught between
the devil and the deep blue sea- and
is playing the role, apparently. of the
poor boy at a frolic." IT must be I'M
comfortable for him to find, whenever
he goes into the Cabinet room, Knox
and wickersham and Ballnger ana
Hitchcock and the rest of the conspir-
ators suddenly shifting the CONVERSE
ton and looking anxious lest Dickin-
son might have accidentally heard some
of their plottings while he was gum
shooting around in the outer court.
Knox and the rest of them really do
not know how much Dickinson has
heard about them, and we suppose that
it is partly because they have been
saying things that they ought not to
nave SAID ana entertaining pollucai
designs of desperate intentions, that
they all treat the Tenncsscean SO
nicely But it must be right hard or
Dickinson We suppose really that
there are never any discussions of par.
tisan or factionnl politics in the Cab
met meetings. That is not what these
meetings are held for. Hitchcock has
been managing outside of the Cabinet
room the political affairs of the Admin
istration. and now that Weeks, of Con
necticut, is to take his place, we sup
pose Dickinson will be able to stant
the strain of suspicion under which he
Is alleged to have been uncomfortable
possibly to the close of Mr. Tafts ca.
recr as President-that Is to say, unit
March 4, 1913
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-31
JUSTICE LAMAR,s CLASS

From the Lexington Gazette we learn
that the law class to which Mr.. Justice
Joseph Rucker Lamar belonged AFT
Washington and Lee University con-
tanned number of prominent
men. In his class. that OF 1873, were
Ex-Governor L, v stephens, of Mis-
souri,; Ex-Governor William a McCor-
lSle, of West Virginia Chief Justice
John r. Tyson, of the Supreme Court
Of Alabama; Capt. Joshua f. Bullitt,
of Big Stone Gap; John II. Glenn, of
the Russell Sage Foundation; H. r.
Preston, general counsel OF the Balti-
more and Ohio Railway Company, and
other leading lawyers.
The Gazette further makes the
statement that tho Washington and
Lee Law School has justices on the
supreme courts of as many as fifteen
states which breaks the record for
small, according to our contemporary.
considering the number of men
graduated from this law school, it is
believed that no law school of the
country approaches it in the number
of distinguished men 1t has furnished
the American bar" This Is an excel
lent record and the fine old institution
at Lexington has just cause Tor
pride in the honor which has come to
one OF its eminent sons.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-31
COME RACK.

BY the Bristol Herald Courier our
attention is called to the fact that
two Of the brightest and best of
Southwest Virginias weekly news
papers" have ceased publication, at
least for . time. They are the Abing-
don Virginian and the Wise News,
The cause Of these suspensions was
AN indifference on the part of the pat
IRONS to tile financial needs Of the two
newspapers The old. old story TO
those of us who have fought TO keep u
county weekly going. Both of these
papers had large circulations, but tho
list of delinquent subscribers was too
great In order TO collect what is due
them, tho proprletors of the papers
have been forced to stop publication,
Little respect Is due to any man who
would refuse to pay up In such cir
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-31

The New York World illustrates a
very foolish custom. which was started,
we believe, by the Church or by
Churchmen, in the following special
dispatch from Springfield Massa-
chusetts:
''Xopher lager, resident of the
suburbs of this town, who had a son
born on Xmas day has Xened him
Man"
The Christian Scientists are begin
ming to use the abbreviation, and 1T
looks, in the circumstances, as il other
people of a Christian sort might very
well abandon it. 1t is vulgar an6 IS
too busness-lille to be reverential. 1t
also looks illiterate, as when John
Jones signs his name with N, His
Mark" and takes the place in sense,
OF 20 X" so frequently used on bust
ness letters, or other abbreviaton en-
ploycd to save the time OF the lazy and
indifferent. There is nothing sacred
about it in tho present age of theworld
and it is q custom that might be
abandoned since "Nopher lager and
others have turned it to other than
sacred use. Besides, christian" and
Christ seem SO much moro dignificd
than "Xtian" and "Xt,"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-31
sr,>,ronI,L pnEcEpENcE.

A Washington correspondent says
that Omitted States Senator's are good
deal like a pack of children, after all. :
They frollc, they squabhie, they are
always running to somebody to settle
something that really amounts to
nothing Senator'S are very dependent
upon each other.
This peculiar dependence is notice
by the Boston Transcript in connection
with the preIiminaries of announcing
the death of Senators when the upper
branch convened on the first Monday
in December. Senators Daniel. of
Virginia; McEnery, of Louisiana; Clay,
of Georgia, and Dollivcr, of Iowa, had
died since the June adjournment.
There was harmless rivalry as to pre-
cedence in the announcement of deaths.
Senator Foster, OF Louisiana, argued
that as his colleague had died day
before Senator Daniel, he should make
the first announcement Senator Mar
tin contended, according to the story,
that as Senator Daniel had been senior
| in service, the announcement Of his
death should be made first. The Dem
| ocratic leader, Senator Money, would
not decide the dispute. All hands
promptly trotted over to Senator Hale,
the Republican floor leader. who set
tied this curious Democratic dispute
| by saving that seniority should pre-
vail, and the death of Senator Daniel
should be announced first