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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-17
EDITO RIAL
Richard Achilles-Bouncer.

- When Richard Achilles Ballinger shall at
Inst satisfy the country by separating himself
from his present employment, he and the staff
I he takes with him ought to find numerous offers
of engagement at various places of public enter
tainment in which there is felt need for the
Spesdy ejeCtmeut of persons confusing the PRIV
sSlere of guests with the rights of owners. AS
the sporting editor might say, CLAWS had no
ra.sre than opened his peep before he got the
kcpk. Pinehot danced defiance for while, only
so receive the short-arm jab when at length he
came to close quarters. Cliff Shaw, from down
Home, will now have TO go 'out West ami
mostly in his case proceeding to the length that
III will not permit him to continue to abide IN
= " ashingtou Now Mr.. kerby discovers that the
s.scome back is still in working order. AS a
s.houucer''. the Hon. Richard Achilles "has his
points.
Theoretically. there is that TO be said in sup
port of this policy Of quick dismissal of recall
citrant underlings Faithfulness to employment
Ii, generally speaking, the prerequisite OF useful
service Ordinarily there is no business crlme
-eemparable to the vice III the employee OF tell
ing tales out of school, So soon as he does so,
he becomes worthless to his superiors, who must
have someone to trust. In this technical view,
President Taft and Mr.. Ballinger may be well
sustained in the series of dismlssals following
y the CLAWS charges.
II But there is another and more ethical view.
The situation in the Interior Department IS not
/ technical one except in so far as Balllnger has
attempted to keep it so. The country has been
fully educated to an appreciation OF the tact
that this department is the peculiar trustee OF
that portion Of the public domain yet preserved
10 the people More, the country has in way
xnc,le but satisfactory to itself come to serious
doubt as to the manner in which that trust is
being executed Under these circumstances, the
question presenting itself to an honest MINOR OF
fetal is battling one. On the one hand Is his
U duty To his employment On the other very
real sense of public duty He can obey the one ane
neglect the other; or he serve the one al
1 The sacrifice of the other. When, as demon
sfrated in the case of Cliff Shaw, dismissa
from the Interior Department carries with i
& absolute official ostracism, it will not do to
credit man like Kerby (who must have actec
with full knowledge of the consequences witt
h nothing more than desire for the limehght
4 III may well be that he is to be honored for max
ing = clear sighted choice of serving the publ
Nh the expense of his future.
ss When Kerby's statement is dispassionately
giewed it is clear that he is not so far from thu
facts as given by MIR. Taft himself, even when il
giving them the President adds another member
to his particular branch Of the Ananias Club. Te
Invite the animosity of the President and all of
/ fcialdom is not the character of act upon which
TO predicate charge of dishonesty.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-17
Human Nature and Crime.

Following the conviction of DIR. Hyde of muir
der in the first degree, the astounding theory
crate murder of the Swope family and eonnec-
lions may be taken as established. We do not
know that murder by OF germ cultures
has ever before been known outside the realm
5ef fc ion IN which the development of the germ
s4htbrs as quickly seized upon to the construc-
Efion Of narrowing plots Now that the triumph
81 science has again been turned II the uses of
crime new and battling f1'd is opened to the
sfnyestiga'ions of eriminoIogists and the ex-
zploits Of detectives Careful laws have already
much 70 depoPtsarize the use of poison as
R4 deadly weapon. hut what feasible measures
hre there with which to meet the artificial pro-
a1lnrton ut o natural germ mirrobe an AGENCY
Whose symptoms are consistent with natural
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-17

The statement made by Frederick NJ Ke-by
stenosTapher in the Department the Interior may
prove embarrassing to the President further
weaken the cause OF Mr. Bailinger. Mr. Taft unques-
endorsement of the Secretary Interior In his
letter of the 18th of September 1899 1t has been
admitted that the opinion OF the Attorney General.
upon which the Presidents letter generating Bal
was sent to the investigating committee written
three months after the Presidents was written
and after the date which opinion bore. 1t was
explained however that the President the rough
notes of the opinion the time he Ballinger.
The statement made by kerhy is essentially u con
fesson 1t is intended to show that the letter dis
charging CLAWS and generating Ballinger from
charges. which the President said he had written
after he had examined the whole most care
ruiiy, was an adaptation of draft by Oscar Lawer.
an Assistant Attorney General In Baingers office. IL
does not appear that kerby claims
used this document prepared by LAWYER in full but
that he adopted the substance OF 1t In letter.
adopted much of the language as his The Inn
preston which 1t appears kerby desires produce
is that Balnger through his subordinates provided
the letter the use of the President In yindcatnr
himself.
kerby declares that the letter he prepared at Mr.
LAWYERS dtctaton written person., and
he seemsS have had doubt when he prepared IL
that 1t designed for the to sign as his
own copy Of Ii seems have been put in the
ME with the papers in the Pinchot which
were called for by Congress. but it included
the puoiicaion OF kerby's statement the letter
found and sent to the committee Other copies OF
letter, kerby says. were carefully destroyed
f. No one who knows Presiden. Taft would think of
suspecting him of anything sareFiag of the dshonar-
lnger episode and the record in that that the
situation of the administration accurately stated
by air Dolliver the other day when said that
Mr. Taft lis surrounded by who know what they
! want Mr.. Taft seems to he entirely too conndiug
and this new development viii certainly produce a
painfui impression the 1t should stated
IN this connection that kerby Is still clerk in the
Department of the Interior. opinion in that
he viii not continue to be much longer.
The publication OF kerby's statement o have
made something OF a sensation Washington A
statement issued late last evening the White
House that there was absolutely foundation the
Gsrxfa ahar1
isos was substantially prepared for the Presidents
signature by Assistant Attorney General
ertheless Attorney wckersham admitted tina,
the PRESIDENT had the LAWYER draft but added There
Is only which in a measure the presidan,
adopted. Baltimore Sun
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-17
As From the Bench.

In discussing the case of Attorneys Pollock
and Wise of Richmond, the Norfolk Virginian-
Pilot says:
"The rule of conduct does not vary with the
individual. The privilege of the attorney who
assumes obligations to the public is not whit
greater than that of the merchant or physician
similarly situated. When lawyer has taken
the community as his client he binds himself in
honor to rcinauish all professional employment
which could in the least affect the independence
and wholeheartedness of his conduct of the
people s cause"
The editor Of the VrRinian-Pilot is a trained
lawyer. a statesman and an exemplar in ethics.
Indeed. he is an authority on the subject and
his opinion is rule Of conduct. In the para
graph quoted, he fas stated the cast concisely
and iudieally, and there is no argument against
his ruling.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-17
Our State Contemporaries
The Pardoning Power.

Governor Mann has already granted a number OF
pardons. and we seeLhe Is considering some other
cages with view to possible cemracj 1t Is right
and proper the governor should consider care
fully every case brought to mis- attention, ana We
believe he ought on his own live to look as much
as possible into cases convfts, with view 10
seeing that certainly injustice being dcne espe
cially as to those convicts who nave no inhuehtia
friends to make up q good case for them
But we hope he will not engage too extensively In
shortening already short terms for those who nave
been Justly committed unless clearly established poor
health or genuine repentance with probability ri
reform shown In many cases of pardons that nave
come under our observation there has been distinct
mtscarriage of Justice There are influences at work
often to secure pardon or communication tha' afe any
thing but good for the community
is necessary of course. that the paroonins power
should somewhere. but 1t is very douotu wneIer
is shouid be- reposed In one man That being the
entrusted with this power should BE- very careful
Daily Leader.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-17
Tolerance In England.

sign Of the times that the proposed modifca.
the coronation oath Of the English king 10
accepted matter Of course. scarcely worth dis.
cussing BY act Of parliament the king - required to
abJure the Roman Catholic faith and to speak OF It
as idoatrous superstition The Roman Catholic
OF Great Britain and Ireland led by the Duke
Norfolk, have long criticised this expression
needessy insulting. The subject WAS discussed Ian.
gudly when King Edward came to the throne, but
the conservatives In office and nothing was dons
The liberals however then and afterwards let II be
understood that they favored change OF the formula
John Redmond has reminded Premier As4uith OF this
and a bill II pending to require the King to say
merely that the alteration Of the saints etc, s
trary to his belief. The bil will undoubtedly ~
passsd-Knoxytrs Sentinel
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-17
causes and whose introduction to the victim may
be ACCOMPLISHED hy q touch2

causes anu WHOSe ~ tuc AAiNJ
be accomplished by touch9
The case of Hyde, however, introduces char
acter who while monster in want of the or
binary instincts of humanity nevertheless was
betrayed by the customary lack of patience
which seems to alike distinguish the highest and
lowest criminal types. Your thug, waiting an
opportunity to slay his victim in an obscure
spot loses his discretion in his thirst for blood,
and Stays him on the highway. A robber, stay.
ing for money, is tempted with tell-tale trInket
or remains to rain an orgy of blows upon the
body from which he has already taken the life
DIR. Hyde, the family physician in charge OF the
patients to whom he had introduced the typhoid
cultures, could not remember to follow his own
precautions. In his impatienee, he resorted to
strychnine one of the most positive and easily
detected posons 1t was there that the nature
of the triumphed the education of the
physician and the cunning of the Machiavelli.
It is in this it seems to us that lies the safety
of society against the INSCRIPTIONS use Of scien-
tifc methods. Science is pure passion. Its in
stnct is humanitarian, instead of destructive.
The criminal may learn its technique; he can
never understand its meaning, wait its or
derly results. When he tries to apply its prin-
ciples out of the line of their destiny, he is apt
as Dr. Hyde, to revert to the primal emotions
and the salutary incaution OF the type from
which he springs.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-17
Brethren of the Pipe.

That drastic resolution of the General Conference
of the Methodist Episcopal Church. South wherein
the candidates for the ministry are committed upon
ordination against the of tobacco while IN the
ministry has been modified
Had the General Conference restricted the ministry
against of cigarettes it would not have been
surprising. The ban OF condemnation has been placed
upon this form of tobacco using and 1t would hardly
do for the minister who stands out as an exalnper'
appear before the youthful male members Oh MS
congregation with a cigarette in hand.
But place the restriction upon all forms or to-
bacco usng-that, 1t would is going little too
far. We do not have to very far back in the MIS-
tory Methodism discover that the church emolu-
ments paid with tobacco levy. The seal OF
condemnation not placed upon the weed. The
minister could smoke, chew pinch snuff to his
hearts delight. There TO say to him nay.
Perhaps Wesley himself found comfort in the weed.
Self denial Is religious tenet The minister must
practice 1t and the spirit must be inculcated among
the laity. But human nature IS very much the same
in all and conditions of men, A great cry goes
up that pulpits empty; that the young men are
not needing the call of the church 1t may be due
this very rigid exacton imposed by the churches
There Is something in the atmosphere in which
live that to create craving for stimulants
Tobacco brings soace to the fatigued body or mind
No bad example could be set by the minister who
In the seclusion of his study. resorts to hts pipe
Roanoke World
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-17
The Lee Statue.

The howl that has been raised BY the Hepourns
and the Grand Army posts regardi lg the piaeihs ="
the statue of General Robert Les tr Statuary Hall
have properly been treated vita silent contempt
latterly by the newspapers of the Soufn. Wheh SO
conservative and ievel-headed 3olrnai as Lne no."
ever. takes up the cudgels in behAl. OF sane ana
sensible view of the situation by the Grand army am
the other violent partisans of the Sortn. IL Wouto
to be time for these gentry 10 take need. Lille
says
Forty G. A. r. posts in Massa fnsets nave pro
tested through Senator Lodge against the acc ptahe
by Congress of of General Lea IN Statuary
Hall .
"Ar right! The Massachusetts pensioners shouo
not be denied the chance to speak their minds. But
many of them realize that Lee was far better
Union man than Wendall Phillips or William Lloyd
Garrison, neither of whom cared rush whether the
Union held together not If only slavery perlsned
Lee loved the Union, though he left It, Chares
Francis Adams holds that his extreme reluctance 10
leave II delayed Virginias secession so long tnat tne
South lost its best chance of success In the CVn war
But neither in Massachusetts nor in any other
Northern State do the G. A. r. posts represent the
prevailing Northern sentiment about General Lee To
general mind OF the North he stands not Tor seces
sion. but merely for hstory'-Sufolk Evening Her
\ ntd
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-17
Carolina Comment
Tarileel Roads.

North Carolina made exceptionally rapid strides last
year in the matter of building permanent roads The
following relative to this matter Is from the Norfolk
Yirznian- North Carolina last built
hundred and ninety-one miles of macadam and two
hundred and seventyone miles of sand. clay and
gravel roads This is respect in which the Old
North state really leads her Southern sisters point
ing the way which they ALL Including Virginia, would
do we'll and wisely to follow"-Twin-City Sentinel
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-17
Indecent Plays.

Mayor Caynor has undertaken do q little stage
censoring himself and result the ncense for n
performance in New York theater has been revoked
and another threatened, The Girl With the Whoop
ing Cough saacious French farce that caused
mayor to withdraw the license. and Alma, Where
Do You Ltve?" Is the title OF the atrocity that
Is under the ban.
The mayor has cut out little work for himself.
but one in which will the hearty endorsement
all right thinking people. The output of shameful
shows has been growing rapidly for years, and New
York IN the fountain OF the vile pillow that has
splashed across the continent.
There enough uniformed strangers and sophis-
ttcated denuuents in New York to keep OF these
questionable plays running for some time and then 1t
is heraded over the country having had "a great
run" in New York, and begins it's tours of night
stands leaving in its wake the trail of the serpent
through outraged communities.
Mayor Gaynor will do the whole country a benefit
by putting the brand upon such performances. and
setting good example for the authorities of every
city in the country-Norfok Ledger Dispatch
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-17

The sentencing of the Pittsburg common Coun-
ciimen to the common Jail was ar uncommon
result of familiar disclosures
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-17

President Taft is again being advised to "get
press agent" H might do as well by get
ting rid of a secretary.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-17
Intrastate sectionaIinn.

In State politics there idea that is develop
ing extent that day 1t may hurt the party
Ii is the idea of having the offices divided up as
eastern. central and western. We do not wish to
convey the idea that favor section OF state
having all the offices go to the in that section.
but North Carolina is long State. it has come
that there three districts, as could be
termed and there is entirely much rivalry between
these districts from selfish standpoint. 1t Is going
to cause party troubles OF these days that
win only cost many votes. but possibly cause
other troubles The three districts now remind us OF
three old maids who live each other and keep a
strict account of the calls made and whose time 1t
is to visit next This idea is being carried entirely
too far.-Raleigh Evening Times
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-17

These organisms that have the twisttngness OF
a grape vine. They. according to scientists choke
atmosphere in the late spring like and Az death
like flies around hune hole. speck of dust
to them is nothing less than mountain peak. and
o this thew futter or whatever part or their
anatomy being most active at the tme) like gang OF
coyotes bnyzards, and having once perched them
selves, they BEGIN to huid homes and raise families,
Hating the EUfFt'e theory, they soon establish
cities armed with pestlerce and bidding defiance I,
health OF humankind. The speck upon which they
land to-day is metronelis tomorrow, and the day
thereafter the census non. II he figure with them.
is completely routed haiea and humfuzyled with the
eporrnity of popuation Every time Haeys comet
switches it's tell than billion staphylococci
are borr,--it IS said
And who are these gay old staphyrsa These ure
they will find ordinary postage stanp. Ian
your tongue against one OF Uncle Sans messengers
and you start good-s7ed town: lick two and sou
have city, put talking apparatus to third and
you have METROPOLIS try 1t more and you have
started world OF staphyIococc. The answer Is. be-
ware Of the stamp bug-Chariotta ChrnnlciA
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-08-09

MuskOgee. Okla. Aug. Sin reply TO
the charges made by Jake L. HamOn at
McAlester today, that Congressman G.
Creager had attempted. under the
guise OF loans. TO obtain "sums" from
j. f. McMurray. Mr.. Creager tonight
gave out the following statement:
81 have just written letter TO Con-
gresham Burke in reply to the charges
made against me by Mr.. HamOn this
afternoon. in which I am explaining
the circumstances in detail and advis-
ing him that, II necessary, l VIII be
glad TO go before the committee and
answer any questions that may be
asked in regard to the matter.
There is some foundation for the
statement OF Mr.. HamOn, but he must
have stated the case in an entirely Diff
ferent manner than il was given TO him
by McMurray.
Before leaving Muskogee in NOvem-
Der, ! tried to trade certain property
for eighty acres of farm land worth
$4,000, agreeing to pay the difference.
which amounted TO $4,000. l found that
I could not meet the requirements Of
the transactions, so I made application
TO the state for a loan from the school
fund. In December, after my arrival at
Washington, received a letter from
Guthrie denying my request. Mr. Nc
Murray happened 10 be in my office at
this time. and I explained the situation
to him and asked him if he knew where
I could get the money. He replied that
il he had the money on hand he would
be glad to make the loan himself
"a few DAYS later McMurray told
me that he had the necessary money,
and could make the loan but ques-
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-08-09
Trouble In Portugal.

Lisbon, Aug. S.-Portugal, like Spain,
is also almost on the verge of an open
rupture with the vatican. due. among
other causes, to friction over the gov
eminent eensure OF the Roman Catholic
archbishop OF Braga for suppressing a
Portuguese Franciscan newspaper with
out submitting the order 10 the POr-
tuguese government for approval.
Since the issue OF the royal decree,
July IL. multiplying the action of the
archbishop, the clerical forces. inspired,
II is charged. by Cardinal Merry del
Val, the papal secretary OF state. have
been conducting bitter campaign
against the government on this ac-
count.
At the same time the vatican has
been raising difficulties about refilling
the diplomatic vacancy caused by the
death OF Senior Martins d'Antas the
Portuguese ambassador to the vatican.
The Portuguese government retaliated
by deciding to allow the post 10 re-
main vacant for the present, and the
minister Of justice has drafted a bill
deaths and marriages As this threat
ems large source OF income for the
clergy. a big meeting OF ecclesiastics
was held here to protest.
Danger also threatens the govern
menJ from the side of the republicans
on account of the refusal of the king
10 redeem the promise made by the
government Of an amnesty for pOlit-
zeal offenders, including the members
OF the secret societies involved in the
assassinations of his father and
brother
The government has been trying 10
appease the republicans by appointing
prominent members of the party TO inn
pOrtant positions in the provinces. The
mOnarchial press fears that this policy
viii enable the republicans to turn the
election machinery OF the government
against itself IN future elections 10 the
cOrJes
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-08-09
CHAIRMAN WOODRUFF PAYS
VISIT TO PRESIDENT TAFT
CONTINUED from Page One1

cts. although he probably would ap-
prove or direct primary vote as 10
Assem- blymens congressman and United
States senators.
President Taft and Mr. Woodruff are
old friends. They were at Yale to-
gether. Mr.. Woodruff said today that
he talked 10 the President OF many
things. II was too early, he said, to
speak with any degree of accuracy
about candidates or general conditions.
But i am willing 10 be quoted as
saying that the condition OF the Dem
Ocratic party in the state, 10 say the
least is not inspiring said Mr.. Wood
ruff
ITO the Republicans" was sug-
gested.
1T is not inspiring TO the Demo-
Gratis and therefore inspiring 10 US
Republicans" laughed the state chair
man.
President Taft also had a talk to-
day with Secretary Of State Knox The
President and Mr.. Knox are using their
good offices 10 bring about an early
settlement OF the boundary dispute be-
tween Ecuador and Peru.
According 10 present plans. the Pres
ident may remain IN Beverly this year
until October IS. He viii 90 to St
Paul 10 speak at the National COnser-
walton congress on September and
from there will go 10 Washington Tor
a week.
The cabinet will be called TO meet
in Washington at the same time. From
there the President viii return 10 BeY-
erly, 10 remain here until Well into
October