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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-31
WYATT AIKEN LED THE REST.

The Anderson (S. CO. Daily Mail be-
lieves that most of the Insurgents IN
Congress are insincere. and in support
of this view takes the liberty of quot
ing from a. private letter of Wyatt
Aiken, member of the House from the
Third South Carolina District. In this
he says that the Democratic position
the Insurgents to the extreme limit,
and we were delighted when they took
to the woods and refused to get rid OF
Cannon and Cannonism, for which
We had to call the Speakers
bluff, for If we had not done so the
press of the country would have said
we had endorsed him and that we had
acted cowardly. We did all we could,
and we are now in better position than
ever to fight the Insurgents, and the
Regulars, too, in the West and else
where The Insurgents and the
Northern press claim that they did
wonders, when, as a matter of fact.
they laid down at the crucial moment.
and never would have turned wheel
if the Democrats had not stood solid
That is an interesting story. though
we grieve to know that Mr.. Aiken
should use such language in his expla-
nation of the alleged victory of the
Democrats in the killing of Mr.. Can
non, our assistant telling us that the
phrase calling the Speakers bluff"
being one of the forms of expression
used by players in the gambling game
OF poker. How it happened that Wyatt
Aiken. a Presbyterian, should have
dropped into the vernacular of the
tables we cannot explain, but in this
case, as in so many others, "the least
said the soonest mended;" and it is
none of our business, anyhow
The fact that Aiken had to answer
to the roll call first on the Burleson
resolution to declare the speakership
vacant and that he answered right is
not surprisins-that is what his father
splendid soldier of the Army OF
Northern Virginia and member o.
Congress himself, would have done, anc
| the rest of the Democrats followed
Aiken That was glory enough for
one day, even IL it has resulted in
much criticism from the mollycoddles.
1t doesn't matter at all that Mr.. Can
non has held on to the Speakership
and is probably stronger to-day for
evil than ever; the Democrats who die
not fear to put it to the touch are
entitled to the thanks of their con
| stituents. It is hoped that they will no
now get too intimate with the In
surgents, who have proved themselve:
a thoroughly discredited bunch of pc
! litical invertebrates.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-31
THE TIMES DIsPATc RICHMOND THURSDAY

bounds OF propriety had been over
stepped and that the sooner the for
eigner was sent back home the better
for international amity.
We must remember. however, that
tho Ethiopian cannot change his
color, and Roosevelt cannot become
tame. lie always had as rare faculty
for abuse as this country has ever
seen, and he is determined to exercise
that faculty wherever he may be. 1t
will be little short of miracle If
the Colonel passes through all the
courts of Europe and does not leave
behind him a trail of untimely
speeches, injudicious orations and OIL
cious advice that will give European
countries true conception of his char
acter, to be sure, but very mistaken
| idea OF Americans in general. But
then, maybe he cannot help 1t.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-31
THE COLONEL HIMSELF AGAIN.

The Colonel stirred up as great a
commotion in Cairo as his best friends
dared hope for. Representing as he
did, more or less, the American people,
he was invited to make public adj
dress in Cairo. When he came to make
the speech instead of saying nothing,
as would have been proper, he said a
to the customary eulogy OF the people
whose official guest he was, but threw
himself into his subject with all the
zeal of a political partisan. He round
ly abused the assassins of the late
Egyptian Premier and had q few re-
marks to make about the general
policy of the Egyptian Nationalist.
When he finished. his hearers did not
know whether they had been to a
session of the provincial Parliament
or had been the unwilling auditors of
a wordy political harangue.
For the time being the matter was
overlooked and nothing was said about
the bad taste of the American visitor.
On Tuesday night. however. band OF
young Nationalist called on the
Colonel and expressed their opinion
of his remarks in a manner that was
more forcible than complimentary. The
Colonel happened TO be away at the
time, and consequently missed the
tribute of the young Egyptians. Had
he been there, there is no way OF
telling what might have happened.
The incident was a shining example
of what public man should not do in
a foreign land. The Colonel is an
American, and has no more to do with
affairs in Egypt than any other private
citizen of this country. In addition
his reputation and long connec-
tion with this Government gave
him special standing which should
have sealed his lips and prevented
him from taking hand in a
purely local and partisan question. A
respect for his country and for the
opinion of all good people of every
political creed would have prevented
SO glarng violation of common
courtesy.
The only way of measuring the rea
extent of the colonel's folly is to put
ourselves in the place of the mer
whom he abused Suppose, for example
an Egyptian statesman came TO this
country as the guest Of the nation anc
was invited to make a public speecl
Fin Washington, II he abused our party
as Mr., Roosevelt abused the National,
lists in Egxpt we should feel that .,,ht
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-31
WHY NOT WORK rr both WAYS,

The Mayor of Chester. South caro-
In that town five hundred dollars for
selling pistol, the law of the State
making 1t unlawful to deal in such
firearms. This incident is worth noting.
the selling and the carrying of pistols
men could not buy them, and as both
the selling and the carrying of pistols
Is forbidden we are glad that one
dealer in the State has been COM
PEELED to pay heavily for doing bust
ness which the law forbids. Hereto
fore. it has been the rule of the Courts
to impose fine of one hundred dol
lars on those who have been caught
carrying pistols, and very few of them
TIE Mayor of Chester has set good
example to the courts, but it would
seem that he has not carried the case
far enough. The man who bought the
pistol should now be fined as much as
the merchant who sold it. and thou
much as five hundred. At this rate the
merchant would not sell any more
pistols and the customer would not
buy another. and the law Of supply and
demand would both be met.
A method of this sort would also
be good if it should be applied to the
sale and consumption OF Intoxicating
liquors. No whiskey would be sold If
there were no buyers, and the buyer
SHOULD be punished equally with the
seller Men are licensed to sell the
stuff; why not license the men who
drink it? "A license of five or ten
dollars year from every one who
drinks would yield an enormous reve-
nue. in all the States, which, added to
the revenue derived from the dealers.
would be sufficient to meet all the ex-
traordinary expenses of the State gov
,ernmcrts
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-31
NEW SOURCE or DANGER.

The New York police seem positive
of Ruth wheeler the fifteen-year- old
stcnographer. Every circumstance, &C
cording to the police, tends to fix this
hideous crime on the New York boy.
The girls body was found wrapped In
his shirt. blood stains were discovered
in his room, the tell-tale paint with
which he vanished his CRATE after the
tragedy was purchased after the girls
disappearance. A hundred circum
stances combine to fix on the boy a
crime that stands almost unequaled
in the annals of the New York police.
The chances are strong that young
Wolter will pay for his crime in the
electric chair. The ends of justice will
be met. The crime will be atoned. The
case itself will be closed. but condi-
tons that made the case possible will
be unchanged.
There are hundreds and thousands
of young girls in New York, whose
circumstances require them to work
for a living. In market so crowded
with all classes of labor it is prac-
tically impossible for an inexperienced
girl to obtain work except by appl-
cation to some business college at
which she studied or through some
employment agency. At these places
according to the New York Times, nc
precautions are taken to safeguard
the applicants. The girls are sent
wherever they are wanted. No matte,
where the Office may be situated. and
no matter who may be the man who
wants the stenographer or clerk, the
business college sends girl to tina,
address. In this way a helpless. de.
fenceless child may be often placed
in the hands of a human brute, with
results thai need only be imagined.
Women must so into business, and
many women wi,o work must suffer
but they should be protected by al
means within the power of the law
The state should demand that young
girls be never sent to any place O
employment where their immediate
safety at least cannot be assured NJ
business college should be permitte,
under the law to recommend a cir
for situation where it cannot recon
mend the situation TO the girl.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-31
WANTED. SCOTCH IMMIGRANTS.

1t Is proposed to organize a society
in North Carolina for the double pur-
pose of preserving the Scottish tradi-
lions of that State and of encoura cling
direct immigration from Scotland.
Both purposes are good purposes and
ought to be encouraged. The State is
filled with traditions of what these
wonderful people did for 1t. They ex-
plored It's wildernesses. they estab
lished it's government, they fought for
its independence, they have worked fol-
its industrial development, and moth
ing better could happen for its future
than the settlement within its border:
Of many colonies of the sturdlest folk
in all the world. We wish the white
population OF Virginia could be in
creased by the addition of thousand.
of them to it's citizenship. Some very
active work is needed to I'LL the waste
places in this State and there az,
doubtless many Scotch workers who
could be induced to come here.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-31

We did not think that Woodrow
Wilson would let that 100000 Of
Brother Procter's money get away
from him. and it is not surprising,
therefore. to learn that a working
agreement has been reached between
the generous giver and the wide
awake president OF Princeton Univer-
sity. Five hundred thousand dollars
is a lot of money these hard times.
and there is always use for about that
amount at any progressive institution.
We wonder If the very wise ana care
full Job Hedges, of New York, one OF
Princeton's prize packages. had any
thing to do with bringing together
in an amiable spirit the gentleman
who gives and the gentleman who
gets? If such be the case. 1t ought tc
be worth at least an LII. D.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-31
WHAT THE PAPERS THINK.

1T does seem" TO the Newport News
Times Herald, that some system must
be devised that shall limit the amount
of private fortunes or there will come
a time when everything worth while
VIII be owned by a half-dozen men,
with the masses toiling their lives
away in poverty but little better off
than the slave of ante-bellum times .
Plans and specifications will be re-
ceived at this office. How it is to be
done, though done it ought to be. we
do not see. 1t was some such idea
that the Colonel had in mind. prob
ably, when he ran amuck of the male
factors of great wealth in 1907, and.
if our recollection is not at fault. he
came very near ditching the whole
business with more injury to the per-
sons of moderate means and to the
men who worked for their living than
TO the very rich.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-31

The Montgomery Advertiser agrees
with the Columbus Enquirer Sun.
speaking of the What the Papers
Think" in The Times Dispatch. that
"the heading is misleading" and adds:
IF all newspapers should say lust
what they think at all times there'd
be hot times around the Offices" That
might he so of the papers of Alabama
and Georgia but not OF the papers in
the grand old state of Virginia. Then
there is this difference between tho
papers of the Old Dominion and tho
papers of Georgia and Alabama. the
papers of the former unapproachabie
Commonwealth being able TO think,
whereas the papers of the latter do not
know how to think
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-31

Bf IA MaR3biSE DE ~ ~ y -
YAH and away the most interesting
L. figure at the impending celebra
ton OF the centenary OF the Unl-
versity OF Berlin VIII be the
senior living lineal descendant OF Con
iucIus. ana prospective Iather-In- law
OF the now four-year-o!d Emperor Fu-
vi. This august dlgnltary, who Is TO
head the special embassy from Pekin.
bears the official title OF ShenS- kung.
which means the molly Duke. ana IL,
by virtue OF his ancestry. hereditary
Inspect or-General OF Educa ton OF the
Empire. y little over nifty years OF
age, and seYenty-siXth in unbrolten de-
scent in the male line from ConInclus,
he may be regarded a. the most blue
blooded noble in the world. the more
so as he is still in possession OF the
landed property which belonged TO the
illustrious founder OF his house 3,VuO
year ago, that is to say. some twelve
centuries before the birth of Christ.
The property is situated in the Prov
ince OF shang-Tung, and IT comprises
the tomb OF Confucius at ky-Fu and
his residence. The duke. whose name
is Kung -Lingi, that is to say, Duke
of Lingi, is tall, heavy faced China
man OF somewhat massive build, with
a rather majestic presence and good
humored face. the mouth inclined to
laughter and in keeping with the
shrewd CHEEKY eyes.
Though regarded as saint, he IS
very lovial saint, and IL popular
rumor in his home province OF shan
Tung is to be believed. is extremely
fond OF all the good things of life
He is very rich. since each generation
OF Emperors, Chinese as well as Man
chu. have lavished gifts upon the Holy
Duke of their day. Every now and
again he visits Pekin. where he Is re-
ceived with imposing honors. and on
these occasions he does not disdaln to
travel by rail.
would add that in every school and
college throughout China there is an
altar to Confucius. and that inasmuch
as each student is obliged 10 bow the
knee to the altar. and that the SER
vice of the state is restricted to grad
yates of these schools, 1t has the effect
of virtually excluding native Chris
all that. the duke is very enlightened
and far from being reactionary; is full
ly alive to the advantages of re-
form; quite as keen ABOUT the mat
ter indeed, as the late Ii Hung Chang.
OF this he gave not long ago a strik-
ment of all conservative Cinnamon. he
granted permission for the Pekin-
Hankow Railroad line to traverse his
estates.
One of the cleverest moves made by
the Prince Regent of China during the
| ntention of betrothing his son. the
young Emperor. to a granddaughter of
| the Holy Duke, that is to say to a
maiden Of the purest Chinese blood. IN
stead of to one Of the Manchu prin
cesses, from whol- the monarch's con-
sorts have until now been chosen. This
| intimation has gone far towards re-
| conciling the bulk of the Chinese peo-
| pie % the reigning dynasty. and to-
wards obliterating the antaeonism that
| has existed for several hundred years
between the Chinese and the Man
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-31
REAL MOVE TOWARDS pEMoc.

IN<hSI.
ba The political sky in England is still
resighted UP with conflict. The Lords are
lying hard, the Liberals arc lighting
Goat every turn. the unionists, COM
.r,s,actfand aggressive. are carrying
l Through their policy of reform. Every
I foundation of The English Constitution
4 Is Being shaken. and laws which stood
TOR centuries are about TO collapse,
4 EVERYTHING presages change.
1 Premier Asquith, who rides as the
4 angel on the whirlwind and directs
4 heFstorm, is not yielding point. but
insists that every jot and title of the
II Government programme be carried out
q day showed this very plainly. The
81 riIile is past, he said, when the Lords
N san remain as an obstruction in the
way of progress. They cannot be
tefprmed; they must he regenerated,
II Ilihir right. as a class, to oppose the
( sill of the Commons. as the nation
must be abolished.
n He proposes three distinct and far
n .saeiling reforms. The Lords are TO
jH iet reduced in numbers and are TO be
\ 4 LACED on a democratic footing. Their
n light TO compel any legislation is tc
,e strictly limited. and their power to
teIo a financial measure is TO be taken
!. n MAJ. Finally, TO keep the Lords In
4 soach with the people, the old Sep.
4 eiiniel Acf is TO be repealed and in
sssI,ist.e a Law is to be enacted thai
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-31

~ ii 1S ;, LAST OBJ IhI IttOoGElts'
faH he last of the great Southern
EE2 npers passed into history when
81 Eeral Thomas Lafayette Rosser
WEI Tuesday night. All of the
8lAs had gone; Stuart died be-
"a the war was ended, and Ashby
. II before the strifeSwas we'll begun.
the war Forrest, the prince of
ia all, lived only until men learned
Marvel at his daring and to hold
&up as one of the great command
EsAsH ofs all time. The others passed
I'm Tsitz Lee and Wheeler and Rosser
sksne were left. All three, comrades
EeS} arms. enlisted in the service when
|5Hkt Vas declared with Spain, and
blight for the cause against which
BeAsh1 three had fought so valorously in
her days. Lee died. Wheeler died,
ssHosser alone survived.
III II was peculiarly fitting that the
SSlSis1os4Gene-al who fought his way out
sssasssou aApponlattox should be the last
sJf the great cavalry leaders to die.
"a hesbore the flag of the Confederacy
chen every other leader in the East
lad surrendered, tt was favor Of
E-ti4line that left him, with Munford,
y the last 10 tell the story of the
Starring deeds wrought by the men of
The bugle and sabre when the Con-
gcderacy gasped its last.
General Rosser was at the head of
ong as the memory of the Confederacy
ives. His first regiment was the Fifth
iirginia Cavalry-famous on a hun
ired fields and gallant in a hundred
noid attacks From this position he
.ane to command. in time, the famous
lasrei Brigade. at the head of which
Ter Ashby had ridden to his death
.sar Winchester. This brigade was
made up in large part of boys-lads
who had known the rifle from youth
and had been trained on horseback
from childhood. When their bugles
sounded boots and saddles woe to
8the Yankee who met their advance.
have, cool, and never faltering in
the face of danger, they have been
Hescr;ped by Lieutenant-C Colonel Hen
sHerson as the best partisan cavalry
esersput into the field. These men
Rosser commanded. and no greater
compliment could be paid him than
no saya5that he was worthy leader
oof his band.
S General Rosser was the last surviv-
fling Major General in the Confederate
Gservica from Virginia, with the excep-
aation or General l.. L. Lomax and
TGeneral &. ". c. Lee. OF the ffteer
ff,,who held this high rank, Pegram fell
f,during the war. Slowly through the
lsyears the others have died-Heth
Clemson. Samuel Jones, Kemper, Fitz
Wee. Rooney" Lee Magruder, Malone
tescMaurs Picket Stevenson and ITALIA.
irferro. What. a ..gallsht company the,
e,'were these Virginia division leaders
alFor daring. for genius. for courag
Win battle, for magnanimity in victory
and for honor in defeat, their equal
tL9were never seen in the crowded annal
ftof a. thousand years of war. Rose
ieswas the peer of any, and that is homo
reenough for one man.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-31
,Grnsshnpner snt." Etc,

Bradley johnson, of this city. fur
Grasshopper Sat on sweet Potato
Vine. II see some one wishes to
know the author of The Grasshopper
Sat on "a Sweet Potato Vine The late
Major Innes Randolph wrote 1t. He
also wrote, Il Am Good old Rebel
John Marshall My Boy and other de-
lightful poems. Major Randolph was a
distinguished soldier, newspaper man
and one of Rlchmond's great wits of
81 80 His works have been pub.
lished, I think. by his son. Harold
Randolph, of the Peabody Institute.
Baltimore. | do not think there was
ever any fixed music to this song. Tic
air was chosen by the singer"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-31

the people and face the country as
any other representatives.
This decision OF Premier Asquith,
and not any proposal to abolish the
Lords, is the real triumph for democ-
racy. 1t will mean that the old adj
vccates OF royalty and the old cham
pions of monarchy descend from their
exalted seat to take "a place beside the
Commons as the servants OF the peo-
pic. The Lords, in effect, will be a
Senate, shorn of all financial power
to work with House in the great and
growing democracy of Britain.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-31

The Rev. DR.. r, C, Boyce. who has
been elected president of the Due West
Female College. our alma mater, is
all right He knows the Shorter Cate
chism, is of the Seceder persuasion
always says something worth while
when he breaches, and has lot of
Lard common sense. This information
is given for the benefit of the Hart
ford Courant, which has been waiting
for sign from this seat of ortho-
doxy
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-31

Says the Washington Herald: south
Carolina has candidate for the DEM
ocratic nomination for president
In Hon. Thomas II. Warning, OF
Charleston. His versatility, If not his
availability, is attested by the fact
that he edits a newspaper which has
steadfastly supported Bryan for four
teen years" Barring slight inaccu-
racies, this statement is satisfactory.
His name is not Thomas H." but
THOMAS r.; he has never been a
fool about Bryan. and he is Just as
available as anybody else. The time
has come when the South must assert
itself in national politics. we are told.
md South Carolina has not had a
ce-President of the United states
since Andy Jackson's day.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-31

To meet the increased cost of living,
the Interstate Commerce Commission
reduced the freight on flour from Min
neapolis to New York by one and one
half cents, which is precisely one and
half cents more than the Cost of Liv-
ing Investigation will reduce anything.
boys.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-31

New York milliners will rejoice to
hear that the New York Legislature
intends to prohibit the importation
OF aigrettes from other States If the
birds from which the feathers are TAX
en- ever live in New York The mil
liners will have a little protective tar
ire Of their infant industries at first
hand.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-31
THE MARYLAND PLAN.

Speaking of the Maryland plan of
getting rid of the negro as a voter.
tho Charlotte Observer says. in go
ing to such extremes, the Democratic
party in Maryland is paving the way
to trouble for itself" Probably so; bur
it is also paving the way for better
understanding of the whole suffrage
problem, and, after the work is over,
1t will have clean hands, which is
more than can be said truthfully about
some of the other States which have
resorted to unusual methods of doing
what Maryland is now trying to do
by perfectly STRAIGHTFORWARD dealing
If the grandfather" clause could
stand in North Carolina. the same be-
Ing admittedly q subterfuge, we do
not see why clean-cut declaration
DISTINGUISHING the negroes as voters In
State and local elections in Maryland
should not stand the test of the court.
with as much face and grace as the
grandfather clause and other expedi-
ents of the sort In which refuge has
been taken.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-31
A crncksmnp md Ycgrmnn.

Please tell me the difference between
"yeggman" and "cracksman." What
does the word "yeggman' mean. and
from what is the word derived?
BANKER.
a "cracksman" is general name
for a burglar, and particularly for u
safe-crackinE burglar "YegEman" Is
a slang expression of doubtful mean
ing Its use is generally confined. as
is cracksman. to dynamiters and safe
blowers