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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-20
TIE COLONEL VIII Elk NV.

Cornelius Vanderbilt may think he
knows more about parades than the
Colonel does, but he has a lot to
learn. He may say that the many
organizations which are pressing for
places in the line of march" will have
TO be content with standing along Fifth
Avenue and getting a glimpse of the
Colonel. but he will change his tune
as soon as the wires can bring him
the Colonel's answer. He will then
see who is to be boss of that home
coming parade, and he viii find that
| gress will not let a stupid reception
committee balk him.
! We have all respect for Cornelius
Vanderbilt. because he is zone of us"
mittee which is to welcome the Colonel
| home; but we think Nanderbilt's sense
of his new power has gene to his head.
He must be crazy. Have no land pa
rade when the Colonel gets back?
Merely have a guard of mounted po-
iitt, Vie houSl lkluSIS anu OuU NEW
Workers in carriages, with band or
two, to escort the Returned Hero to
his lodgings? The idea is preposterous.
Why, a G. A. r.. reunion can have the
mounted police and high grade
funeral can muster 800 carriages, and
as for the Rough Riders. who wants to
see them. when the Colonel is not
riding in those famous khaki brooches
at their head?
The Faithful need not fear. The
Colonel Will hear about Nanderbilt's
foolish decision before another day,
and he will do the rest in two min
utes. All those who want to welcome
him home will have a chance, for the
Colonel is the Colonel, and he never
turns deaf ear to the cries of the
faithful--never, in all his modesty re-
fuses to listen to every brass band that
sounded his praises.
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THE LAST OF TuE GAnc1As.

Pauline Garcia viardot is dead in
Paris, and with her passes the last of
the most famous family OF singers the
world has ever seen. Her name is not
known to younger music-lovcrs. but
forty years ago she was undsputcd
queen of operate song. When she re-
tired In her prime her loss crippled
Partisan opera and threatened n must
cal rebellion among those who loved
her song.
SHE was one of four who made the
name of Garcia immortal Her father,
Manuel Vincente Garcia, was n Spanish
tenor, famous in his day and the au-
thor of number OF successful operas.
Ills son, Manuel, who died in 1906, at
the remarkable age of 1o1, was the most
famous singer OF his day while Maria
Garcia Malibran, the other daughter of
Manuel Ninccnte, was recognized as the
greatest singer of her generation cX-
cept her sister.
Without exception the family aban-
doned successful stage careers to teach.
The father of the family, famous and
world renowned, felt that he had duty
to perform in spreading correct the
DRY of singing, and he did his duty,
while Nalibran. Viardot and Manuel
We're imbued with the same idea. Be
tween them they trained practically
every great singer of the last genera
tion and did more to shape the style Of
operate singing than all the other
teachers in Europe combined. To be
trained by a Garcia was guarantee of
success, and to go forth with their
approvat was an assurance of fame.
The ideals of the whole family were
high and their mission was success
ful one. In making better singers and
moulding better song they deserved
well of the world
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-20

August, however, they will doubtless
do their bes TO explain GONE OF the
things that happened to them after lie
left their hospitablc country.
There is another thing about the
present discovery OF Or. Cooks where
abouts and his determination to go to
Etall in June. Can 1T be possible that
some ingenious kerby has been gum
shoeing after the Doctor and that his
activity in some sense accounts for
Commander Peary's presence in Europe
lust upon the eve of DR.. Cooks de-
parture from European port for
htah? Probably they have made it
up" and that they intend to make
the trip together. That would be a
very nice thing for them to do, and
when they come home with the records
and equipment at Etah they could fol-
low the example OF other great actors
and play to crowded houses all over
the world.
There is feeling that DR.. Cook
has not had a square deal. only the
other day learned Judge said that
any man who would continue to insist
that the Doctor reached the Pole did
not understand the value of evidence.
But there has been no evidence that
he did not get there. There have been
many idle statements to this effect.
but not scintilla OF evidence yet we
are admonished by Judge, and a
Judge of the highest court, mind you.
that we do not understand the value
of evidence. As matter of fact, a
man charged with selling ticker in a
prohibition town would not be sent to
Jail on the sort OF testimony sub
mittcd against DR., Cook. He got to the
Pole or nobody got there. Read his
story and compare it with Commander
Pearys story. That is enough.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-20
THE NAV roR TIE PLACE.

Paymaster-General Rogers, of the
Navy. has resigned. He and Secretar,
Meyer did not get along very well to-
gether. They had not been agrceinc
for about six months. Admiral Rogers
was opposed to the reorganization OF
the Department as the Sccretar
wanted, and. of course, the inevitable
followed. There must be q She Who
Must-Bc- obeyed" somewhere in the
scheme of things at Washington, and
in this case it is Meyer. In the Census
Bureau 1t was the Secretary OF Com
merce and Labor, and, 10! S. d. n.
North sleeps with his fathers. In the
Forestry Bureau it was Ballinger and
behold Pinchot and CLAWS and KERRY
have ceased from their labors. 1t
must be so.
If Secretary Meyer is looking around
for likely fellow to succeed Rogers
lie will find him in Samuel MCGOWAN.
who never knows any more than the
man he is working with at the time.
We can testify to this fact because we
raised him, and though there We're
times when he was dead sure that he
could make two blades of grass grow
where we were able to raise nothing
at all, except possibly moro trouble
for the community, he never said a
word about it, in tho Office at least.
and not. indeed. until long after he
had abandoned the strenuous life OF
the Journalist for the softness of the
sea. He is exactly the sort of Pay
mastor-Gcneral the Navy ought to
have.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-20

George Bailey, Of the Houston Post
IS not only brutal, but ignorant as
we'll lie says that the mint of which
the Richmond iulep is made "is vio-
lent weed, combining the navor. of dog
fennel and pennyroyal. 1t is fatal to
insect life, and has been known to kill
cattle II this We're true. we should
ask Secretary Dahney to send barrel
of the iuleps to the editor of the Post;
for there is no worse insect that We
know Of than this irreverent and hope
less ally of Cone Johnson.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-20
EVEN BEARING GIFTS

When Senator Aldrich waves q, flag
of truce in front of the Democratic
it is time for all good
soldiers OF the party TO toss their caps
lin the air. II Is as unusual as 1t Is
pheasant, and as promising as it is
either. .Aldrich has travelled for so
many years with his head in the air
and has so steadfastly refused 10 admit
the rights of the minority in the SEN
n;e. that his sudden lacking. so 20
say. at least shows how the wind is
blowing.
Il The Rhode Island leader finds that
ne cannot force the railroad bill
through without the consent of the
Democrats, The Insurgents are SO un-
fuly and the Regulars so FESTIVE that
i vote on the bill seems as far distant
Is ii was when the measure first came
ap from the House. In his distress,
tenator Aldrich has called on the DEM
Derats and has offered TO Withdraw
tertain objectionable features of The
3ill II the Democrats Will no longer
lelay the passage OF the rest, II the
ptnority VIII stop Hpeecb-making and
yin expedite the general debate, Sen
Ator Aldgicb sa2x that hs ia ysad,x
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-20
THE TRUE LAW OF PEACE.

1t is refreshing, in these days of
great armies ana greater navics, to see
how the cause Of peace among the ma
tions is prospecting. In every land and
under every flag the men who are pay
ing for the Dreadnoushts and the mill
tary manoeuvres are working honestly
and earnestly for peace. Aside from
the Lake Mohonk Conference. which is
getting to be trine monotonous, peace
leagues have been formed in practi-
cally every State, and the advocates
of disarmament are urging their cause
in thousands OF meetings throughout
the land
Congressman Richard Bartholdt, of
Missouri, is one of these men. and he
spoke on the subject in Baltimore a
few nights ago His argument was so
simple and his views so appealing that
his remarks should be read by all
those who want to see an end to war
among brothers. Said he:
What is law for the nation is law
for the individual. Our Government
compcls its citizens to obey it's laws
and not to resort to force Rulers have
learned that the substitution of law for
force has become so strong and power
ful that all are respecting it. I be-
lieve that when the new Hague Court
has been established the natural result
will be the disarmament of the nations
This is the whole argument. When
the nations love peace we'll enough to
submit to other law than that of force,
and when they feel that there is bar
of international justice before which
all must stand, there will be an end
of strife. To the fulhlmcnt of that day
every good man should lend his cner-
gies.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-20
WHY NOT Mr. THE BUD:

The middle in Nicaragua is disclos-
ing some strange International sltua-
tons, as the farce Of revolution con-
tinucs. When the Venus was equip
ping at New Orleans for a flibuster-
ing expedition, and when it was
known that the vessel had been char.
tered to make war in Nicaragua. our
Government kept hands Off. The
United States, we were told, was a
neutral power and as long as the hos
nitely proved, our Government could
not object to its armament. Tho ship
finished loading and cleared with
out interference.
has appeared off tho coast of Nicara-
qua as a man of war, with guns in
place and with 800 patriots aboard
ready to run or to die for their coun-
try at the firing of a cap. Her COM
mander has demanded the surrender
of Bluefields and has announced that
unless the town be given into his
hands, he will lombard it, He was
out for blood and no would have the
head Of every rebel in Bluehelds or
pound tho town to powder.
Just here the United States, acting
as neutral, called halt. No bonn
bardment would be permitted. The
ship might land few men to watch
the town, but no general engagement
would be allowed. The sovereign pow
er of the United States would prevent
injury to her citizens. Commander
Gilmer. OF the Paducah, who issued
this most commendable order, was
probably we'll within his authority and
was doubtless obeying orders, but he
made spectacle OF himself and OF
his government. II the United States
is determined 10 prevent bloodshed in
Nicaragua, and will directly intervene
for that purpose, why could not the
United States have INTERVIEWED to pre-
vent an expedition that will certainly
make trouble, and nipped revolution
In the bud?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-20
nIsHoP rAREr AND THE i

1 psSIboi u tND iOtCs
The Rt. Rev. William Paret is Bishon
of the Baltimore Diocese of the Epis-
copal Church, and is noted for his wide
learning and deep plety. He has beer
| Just after the Colonel's recent demon
! stration in Rome against the Vatican
| and it's d-faslioned way of managing
| It's own affairs. the religiously inclined
! in this country were shocked by an
! other one of Merry de, Walls insults
| TO the Protestants. The story. as told
| in the New York Times, was that
| Bishop Paret, a charming gentleman,
| the head of the Baltimore Diocese, a
very dear personal friend of Cardinal
Gibbons and bearing letters from the
Cardinal, which, 1t was supposed
would open all the ecclesia stical doors
in Rome, had been informed by the
Spaniard that he could not approach
into the courts of the Holy Father
Cardinal Gibbons or no Cardinal Glib
boris. and much more of like inf,am-
matory character.
Now comes tho Baltimore Sun with
a statement that the story about
Bishop Paret's treatment by Merry del
Val and the other authorities-if, per-
chance, there be other authorities than
this Spanish Cardinal and master OF
ceremonies who handled the Colonel
| just as If he We're not at all a-feared
\ nf n To rF, al 1ntl
In reply to an inquiry from the sun
| paper, Bishop Paret cabled: Mistake;
no refusal" Last Monday Bishop
| Paret cabled to his coadiutor, Bishop
Murray; False report: no refusal;
| no dscourtesy." on the same day
Bishop Paret cabled to Cardinal Glib
bons: Mistake very false no re-
fusal; no discourtesy.'
Somebody has not told the truth, and
it is not Bishop Paret; but it will
from the prejudiced mind the impress
sion that the Pope was discourteous to
a distinguished Protestant Bishop OF
the United States. The Holy Father
was not even discourteous to the Col
onel. although it must be said that
the Colonels first message on the sub
joct made this impression. AS soon
as the full text of Monsignor Ken
nedy's note to the Colonel was given
it was discovered. on the contrary,
that the Pope had been very polite.
Without the context, so much OF the
Monsignor's letter as the Colonel
quoted conveyed a wholly erroneous
idea, which was removed when the
full letter was published.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-20
THE COMET AND THE SCIENTISTS.

20 Timothy" said the great Apostle,
keep that which is committed to thy
trust, avoiding profane and vain bab-
blings, and oppositions of science
falsely so-called." This is quoted in
connection with the Comet which has
passed us by without doing the least
damage to anybody except to the
scientists who have been predicting all
sorts of impossible things ever since
the wanderer made its present APP
pearance. Many OF the scientific sharps
Were entirely certain of what would
happen.
The earth was to be submerged in
cyanogen gas, and then it was not to
be. The heavens were to be allied with
meteors, and there was not a meteor
within the human vision. The skies
were to be suffused with an unearthly
light, but the sky in Richmond was
softened only by the exquisite radiance
of the moon. There were to be fires
and earthquakes. and war and rumors
of war; but the earth is moving along
Just as of old, and the sun is shining,
and the birds are singing, and the
grass IS growing, and the water is
flowing. and we are all as happy as
happy can be. What takers these
scientists are, to be sure. yet it is upon
such as these that tho human race
depends for its light and guidance.
They destroy the earth by mathematical
calculation; they assume the length of
the Comets tail TO be anywhere from
four million miles to one hundred mill
lion miles; they guess and guess about
all the mysteries of life and creation:
they really doubt the Bible; they speak
great swelling words of vanity on all
sorts Of subjects that they do not I'M
derstand and that they could not pos
sibly understand.
Wherefore, we rejoice that Halley's
Comet has been moving about in space
just for the delight that we experience
in the confusion of the scientists.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-20
A mrRusTn THAT HELPS.

| The Medical Freedom League is ar
| organization about which little was
heard before the bill to organize Fed
eral Health Department was introduced
| in the Senate during the present ses-
| sion. Many people did not know there
was such a league, and those who knew
of it's existence were little doubtful
about it's general policy and purpose
Since the Senate committee began its
hearing on the bill. however, the Med
ical Freedom League has risen up in
arms and has begun a very spirited at
tack on the American Medical Associa-
ton, to which most physicians Of the
country belong.
The Freedom League alleges that the
honored association is a doctors
trust" and holds it up as model of
everything that a medical organization
should not be. It's members are enc
mics of the people, robbers of the poor,
thieves in secret, and their domination
of American medicine has been the de-
basement of science and the prostitu-
ton of medical ethics.
The Association is amply able to
take care of itself, and will probably
dispose OF the Freedom League in the
first round, but the friends of honest
medicine and true science will be quick
to resent the attacks made by the
League as an assault upon one of the
most valuable bodies OF men in the
country.
Had the American Medical Associa-
ton done nothing else it would at least
have justified its existence and bene-
flied the country by the position it has
assumed toward medical education.
Without exception and without inter-
mission, the Association has always
stood for better teaching in better coll
loges. and has done much TO bring med
ical education to its present high stand
ard, In addition TO this the Association
has given the widest publicity to I'M
proved methods Of treatment and to
meritorious discoveries. 1t has fought
quaokery and it has fostered research;
ii has raised the standard of the pro-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-20

who loves the horse, but it indicates n
are twice as many horses now as
there we're ten years ago, and If there
arc perhaps a million automobiles
where there were but few hundred
ton year1 ago, our people certainly
have much more money to spend III
riding than they had u decade ago, or
else the demands for swift Transport
tatton have increased out of all pro-
portion to the population. IT is all
right, we suppose, but some business
must suffer from our desire to get to
our journeys end in hurry.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-20
DIR. COOK GOING TO ErAn.

DR., Frederick A. Cook, the great Dis
coverer of the North Pole, Is said to
be in New York City, where we do
that he is at the home of his brother
at Calicoon Depot, in sullivan County,
and that he will remain there until
he is ready to sail for Europe with his
family. Mr.. Henry Wellington Wack,
formerly the legal representative of
the Discoverer. has had a letter from
the Doctor, from the contents OF which
he feels REASONABLY sure that DR.,
Cook has already equipped an expedi-
ton to go to Etah in June" AR
Henry Wellington Wack Us informed
that DR.. Cook will leave on a chartered
ship from Il European port" Bon yoy-
age, DR.. Cook.
This is what we have heen waiting
for all The dreary months since Com
mander Peary Went back on his old
companion in Arctic exploration, and,
for the reason that we always let our
lust censure attend the true event, we
have retained our confidence in the
hrst white man who ever stood at
the top OF the earth, the intrepid. much
maligned. but ever victorious Dr. Cook.
lie is now going to Etah after his
records and Eskimo and equipment,
and, If he can find them, he will fetch
them back with him to the everlasting
CONFUSION of Peary and Matt Henson
and Captain Loose and the New York
Times, and the rest Of the crew which
.las sought to deprive him of the fruits
OF his immortal deed. We say IF he
can find them" because Dr. Cooks
enemies have covered UP their tracks
very we'll and all sorts of words have
been put in the mouth or I-Took- "a
Shoe. or whatever his name NAV he
and 1t Is not impossible that, after the
manner Of Stenograpler Kerby. they
have misplaced a~good deal OF what
DR. Cook left behind hin---it win be
remembered that DR. Cook has said
that when the Peary outfit reached one
OF his caches they told the Eskimo
that DR. Cook was dead. When his /
appariti ion: eQaIgouls..t hem In 4 ulY. nrl
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-20
THE HORSE HOLDS HIS OWN.

The Federal Department OF Agricul-
'ture seems TO have no fears for the
future Of the horse. despite the prog
ress of the automobile in recent
years In report just issued. the
Department claims that the number of
horses in the United States has in
creased 100 per cent in the last ten
years. and that the value of the
horses IN this country is three times
as great as 1t was when the last cen
sus was taken. The automobile may
come and the bicycle may so and
come again, but the horse apparently
srots and pulls az the same old pace,
lregafdless OF novelties.
IR!s Is. gqed nsYa liz. .eyegx. an
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-20
great SUNDAY scboo, con,...

\ great Sunday School Convention
is now in session in Washington.
There are said to be eight thousand dele
gates in attendance. Mr., Kerby, UNI
attached is reported to have been very
active in Sunday-school work at the
National Capital, and the convention
would doubtless be much entertained
by an address from him on '"The Best
Method of Doing Things. or the Adj
vantages OF stenography in the Keep
ing of Public Records" References:
Richard Achilles Ballingcr Department
OF the Interior.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-20
SULTAN OF TURKEY
AT POINT OF DEATH

lis allowed to pay for the use OF boats
for his constituents.
! date is responsible for all tho actions
lof his agents, and 1 can recall Joseph
| Chamberlain relating TO me how on ono
occasion our mutual friend. Jesse Col.
Kings, had been unseated, after having
been returned as member for Ipswich.
merely because one OF his agents had
| promised to pay the sum OF three
| shillinEs and sixpence, that IL TO say
about so cents for defraying the cost
of the railroad ticket to Ipswich of
single voter, who was temporarily abb
/ sent from the borough. The agent dis
covered afterwards that he had done
wrong in Offering TO dcfray the small
expense in question, and accordingly
refused payment The voter consid-
erably disgusted was loud in his COM
plants. which came to the knowledge
OF Mr.. collings's defeated opponent.
who thereupon made petition against
tho validity of Mr.. Colings's election.
on the ground of illegal practices"
that Is to say, of corruption. The Su-
preme Court judge before whom the
case was brought for trial deemed this
single circumstance a sufficient cause
to unseat Mr.. Ceilings.
1t may be added that whereas In
most countries charges OF electoral
bribery are tried by the legislature it
self, In England the Issue is decided
by single Judge OF the High Court
of Judicature. sitting without a Jury.
And SO great is the renown of Eng
iish judges for tmpartiality that their
though they may have sat in the House
OF Commons before elevation to the
bench. and this method OF dealing with
electoral bribery charges Is preferred
by Enslishmen to all others.
The late Empress Elizabeths favor
lite Tsigane violinist, perhaps the most
celebrated musician OF his race. has
lust died, at Budapest. at the age of
nearly seventy. His name was Laios
Cor Louise Munczy. and there is hardly
a court at which he has not been call
ca upon TO play, with his wonderful
nand OF sipsies. In his youth the late
Prince Esterhazy had endeavored 10
still further improve his wonderful
gllts bS sending him to study at the
conservatory of Music at Vienna. But
IN the case of Remenyi. who was so
wen known in America, he was never
aple 10 subordinate his genius to the
strict rules Of classical music. which
ne always adapted TO his own ideas and
70 me Isisane movement Munczy
leaves a fortune of about 100000, the
which won for him the respect OF ali
with whom he was brought into con-
tact. He leaves a wonderful collection
OF )e"eiry for when he was playing.
ne Sreat personages OF the Austrian
anu hungarian aristocracy would be so
carried away by enthusiasm that the
men would take the rings from their
nIhsers or the jewels from their
men the bracelets from their
arms. and press them upon him In
token Of their admiration. This han
bent. TN, time and again. as I myself can
AluncZy sold but some OF the mos.
beautiful ones he kept. and they now
form part of his estate.
'CoFyrlSht, 1910. by tho Brentwood
Com