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Voice Of the People.
DIR. Cannon Has No Political Aspirn-
lions.

Or. Cannon Has No Political Aspira-
lions.
Editor of The gTimes-Dispateh: ,
Sir,-In your issue or FepruarS
several persons who are prominently
mentioned i'm connection with inc
Democratic nomination for Governor.
Among others he mentions the name
these men and their purposes, your re-
norter declares: Mr.. Glass and Dr..
Cannon are understood to, be "atcn-
ing things. The former has way
OF doing Just as ABS he n nleases, mhd lie
candidate. Should Statewide prohibi.
zion not be u fact by the campaign OF
1914. it is expected that DIT. Cannon
will be in the race Win n a h s,rons po-
litical organi@ .,h;a ranor .t have the
,o1iowinr statement to make:
The Office Of Governor OF var.
c1nia is the highest political honor
and responsibilities nn m ihe the o great
opnortunities 1t affords, and the higr
chnractcr and standing OF the meI
who have filled chat posltlon. ! ans.
fully realize that there Is no reasol.
constitutional or otherW ~ M Via ma,
desire 10 serve them IN that MS,
| office, should not do so, even tlous,
he should be a minister OF me E9sp Pc,
and | should make no adHers 1d e ,.asnnn,
~ cail from the people to serve then
in in hat or any other Office Of the stats !,
= 3. Personally, however, ] have u
4 political aspirations. since the "a;
1 that / decided that my re WorR va q
law, / have down to the present tim
. had had no desire or purpose TO enter In.
. political life in any other capaci.
than that Of a citizen doing my "
most by vote and voice ana pen :
nrnmote tho best interests of the pee
plo of Virginia as they appeared y
me. 49,, a,,o
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came after him, no telegram from the
turn. Nothing happened at all. An
other time he went to Boston and
stayed three days, leaving his books
fun of glaring errors where 1t seemed
that nobody could possibly overlook
them. 1t was the same old story. Not
a suspicion of him crossed anybody's
mind.
Now the crime has come out at last
and Hall is in Jail. where we suppose
lie is feeling very sorry and ashamed.
with his woes we shall not seek to
point moral or adorn tale But
what about his superiors, the bank
are they not feeling somewhat sorry
and ashamed, too? They ought to feel
that way. What were they doing dur
ing the sixteen years when Hall was
stealing their depositors money. which
they were pledged to protect, and
audaciouslv sapping them across the
eyes with proofs of his crime? They
! hired Hall and retained him, and their
deaf, dumb and blind stupidity amounts
| TO a moral share in his guilt Direc'
tors who do not direct and president:
who do not preside arc little less
menace to other peoples money thar
dishonest treasurers and cashiers, an
banks whose officials arc drifting II
that irresponsible direction shonl
draw a wholesome lesson from tn
illuminating case of this looted Massa
| 'chusetts institution.
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SPEAKING OF poc-r1GnT LOGIC.

A correspondent whose letter we
printed Yesterday, handles us in TINS
rough and ready fashion:
You acknowledge, though three |
fourths Of the State is under dry
regime, and YOU recognize their viii is
nullifed by the remaining one-fourth,
yet the three fourths should not rule.
but submit to be butchered. Such logic
would not become dog fight
or course this paper has never said
or implied that the will of the dry
| three-fourths is nullihed by the re-
| avoid making foolish and absurd state
ments such as that, II the will of the
1 three-fourths is being nullided, the
4 three four'hk is doing the notification.
/ No power in the remaining one
fourth" or in all the underworld can
compel the three-fourths to buy and
drink whiskey against its viii, We are
accepting for .the moment our CORE
spondcuts own hasty Interpretation Of
the will expressed. His quarrel is
nor with the 'hutchering" tactics of
the one-fourth, but with the desires
$ ana thirst OF the three fourths. MOI
viii the former be removed or the lat
y ter be quenGhcd by showing tho mall
. houses over the state line. which i
u the panacea offered by Virginia pro
: hibitionsts.
/ But how does our correspondent
feel so free to declare, Systematically
Q thar the will Of the three-fourths i:
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Borrowed Jzngles
SAGE AND TIE GIRL.

SAuE AND LIE plhh'
A man who was wise in his day and his
age,
A man who possessed the broad mind of a
sage,
who knew Plato by heart and Rousseau
and Voltaire.
Who had fully dgested Describes and
Kant,
one day met maiden whose features were
But whose general knowledge was woefuliy
scant.
This man could read Homer in Homors
own Creek.
Men oft had gained wisdom By hearing him
speak:
His mind was s,orohouso OF learning. in
truth.
| Tho lore of all ages was at his command
He had shone prodigy while in his
| youth.
The years saw his intellect grow and ex-
pand.
He sat with the maiden alone Tor while;
He talked and she heard with rapturous
He quoted some quatrains from omar and
led
The lady to saadi along a fair route.
| And often she nodded her beautiful head,
And atterward said: "Ffe was awful,
cute"
IS. Il. kiscr, in Chicago Record Herald.
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Williamsburg Wants No Dtspcnsnry.
Editor of The Dispatch:
Sir.--In your news column OF to-day
the statement is made. in connection
with, a bill introduced, by Or. Fl. Y.
in williamsburg, Williamsburg wants
a dispensary.'' If the statement had
read. "Somc people in Williamsburg
want a dispensary," it would have been
free from criticism. But I want to
protest against the idea that the peo-
pie OF Williamsburg. or majority
thereof. want dispensary. This puts
Williamsburg In false light and
should be denied. After a hot can
result showed only seventy eight for
a dispensary and ia against it. Should
the General Assembly grant the petit
ton, its only result therefore, would
of an election and to rouse bad feel
I ings all around. But ] have no idea
| that the Legislature will pass the bill.
| A dispensary is not local matter. but
a State matter--not local right re-
served in the city charter, but one
that the Legislature may or may not
grant to locality Now. the State
| interests at Williamsburg oyershadow
the mere local interests. II is a small
the college of William and Mary and
the Eastern State Hospital. The au-
thorities of the institutions are unani-
nous against the proposed measure.
WILLIAMSBURG, has fourlshed to an un-
precedented degree under local option
i During the nine years in Which Tie
sale of liquor has been prohibited, 1t
i has doubled it's wealth and vastly in
creased its industries Nine years ago
it had no industries. and now 1t has
two banks, a sawmill, an Ice plant and
} knitting mill, all doing a fine bust
: ness, LYON G. TYLER,
i President OF William and Mary Col
lege.
February 10, 1910.
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has DONE Much FOR SOUTH.
Chnr,otte observer Pays Unique Trib-
7 ~ ~ Minor j. @. llcmphill.


James Calvin Hemphill, LII d., IS
probably the best known and one OF
the most popular editors in the south.
He has achieved distinction as Wilter
Of force and versatility and has pesn
shown signal honors OUTSIDE inc rau NO
Of Journalism. Liberal and progressive
in his Views, he has done nucn ior tne
nnhuilding of his state and the south.
That he is to relinqulsh the posi-. ne
has held for twenty years WI come
as a distlnct surprise 70 oou'iet :"
Major Ilemphill's friends in Char
| lotte and elsewhere throughout the
| state will be immensely interested to
| learn OF his contemplated change.
The Timcs-Dispatch and the city and
State in which it 50 largely clrculates
! are to be congratulated.
| Charlotte, too, is fortunate in that
Major Hemphill was not called farther
hence. for he is still within the zone
Of the Mecklenburg Dselarati I nj ana ma
| history about which he has had so
| much to say OF late years.
| Major IIemphill is perhaps the best-.
known editor in tho South and one o. y
| the first in the country, For the past
| the editorial policy of one OF the
\ Souths greatest newspapers to the
| eminent satisfaction of its clientele
| and In such manner as 70 reflectS Sreh,
| credit on himself. The News ano
| Courier and Major lIemphill are ire
ouently quoted in the great neWspa
p dera' Of Inc land as Specimens, Of ih'
| hest ,types the country affords. rs
has frequently visited charlotte.'a ,ln
is quite Well known and greatly ps
| loved here. Major Hemphill is Or thu
/ Henry Watterson order OF neWspape
editors, which is but another metho'
4 OF saying that he is all chat coul'
be desired,
1t is needless to add that Malo
uemphjllis friends in Charlotte an
elsewhere throughout the. state WI
) follow him to Richmond with "
u Eeenest MISUNDERSTANDING CpseESe1
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AY. FEBRUARY IL, 1910.
EpERAL CHARTERS mn.

spun political theory and
working policy may be two
ferent things. The one may
iible. while the other is i'm
President Tafts Federal in
ion bill seems toy us to show
a contrast. When the plan
IS. unveiled by the President in
IS of technical legal points the
ppealed TO many of those who,
ace. followed the long and in
rgument. But now when the
,oscd by the President is be-
gross it appears to be a dan
document, doubly dangerous in
Contains features that seem to
] it.
irst great fault with tho plan
,orate interstate domestic COM
inder Il Federal charter is in
iuity of the incorporation, IL
charter rights are worth any
ind if they have any advan-
--4ioy should be as good for one
as for another. If Just in
these rights should be equally
geous to all. So fundamental
evident is this contention that
nders why Federal incorpora-
q lnado optional under the terms
II Taft's bill. Why should one
be empowered to accept It
mother company, on exactly the
,oting, is permitted to continue
a? We look in vain for any eX'
IN in the text of the bill, but
Il in President Taft's original
on the subject the reasoning
this strange optional clause. II
gned, he frankly admits. tt
any corporation which is un
treated under existing laws
the secret. The charter i
TO safeguard the welfare o
II ,poratlon which is heavily take
IN out OF business by any stat
of itself might be no more tina
nder certain conditions. b
is coupled With the other pr
: of the bill it runs counter n
10 justice but to the spirit
| institution. suppose a corpor
| ding a domestic business
j Estates, offends against Sta
& evades its proper burdens. Su
+ IN such a case, the State levi
4y franchise tax on the corpol
5rle corporation in question nc
aerge its subsidiary conlpan
j cure a Federal charter. I
under the proposed law COZ
act a dollar of franchise tax
rong arm of the Federal Cover
vour1 protect the company's di
I, from the taxing power of /
iur judgment this Is clearly b
he purview of the Constitute
n improper use Of. The Foder
over interstate ..soE~nsrGS.
right can Congress decide tn
poration shall not pay taxes
] siness in one State, merely b
it does business in another?
ass enacts such a law as ii
i nestle corporations, why shou
put railroads on the same foe
Why, in a word, may it not s
taxes a State may levy on
] State corporations? The co
IN of such a policy is inevitab
established it win, in our jud
strike blow at the heart
I rights.
,iew of these Objectionable f.
ii is useless 10 point out Il
al corporations may possibly
! regulated under a Federal oh
an at present; that the merg
osidiary corporations WIN put
rs 10 watering stock and t
.trial conditions viii be impro'
purposes are well enough,
is limit to their price, I
is passed when they are to
at with the principles upon WI
Government is founded.
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!. Librarian, Richmond Va. He has pre-
pared comprehensive photography on
| this subject, and will send you through
the University Library the books you
julius cnc.nr.

julius Cncsnr.
Please give me short contrast be.
tween julius Caesar Of history and
Julius Caesar OF Shakespeare. What
is the difference and why2
READER.
This is moro a question Of opinion
than of fact, since what We know OF
Caesars real character Is at hest
fragmentary. In our opinion Shakes
peare underestimates the real courage
of the man, gives us no idea OF Gaze
sar's greater aim for Rome, and over
emphasizes, through the mouths OF the
conspirators. the despo,ism planned by
the great julius. On tho other hand.
1t Is possible that the view he gives
us of Caesar through the culogv of
Antony fails to take into account
Caesars known weakness of character.
[ would recommend that you, a college
student, look into this matter on your
/ own account. We are not here to
write college essays.
'ggcred in this column.
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Two Southern contemporaries agree,
according to the Washington Herald,
that the Democratic outlook is
bright" Didn't know there was any
such thing as a Democratic outlook.
Our theory was that the Democrats
were on the outside looking in.
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The Springfield Republican deplores
the fact that there is no oratory in
the United states Senate this year We
should like to know where the Repub-
lican's ears were when Hon. Jeff. Davis
was making his speech against the
"high- collared roosters" of Wall street.
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| Nardaman may be wild and woolly
but nobody ever accused him of tax
ing retainers from the Standard Oh
Company on the q. t.
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Can we trust the hcn?' inquiries a
contemporary. Personally, We can,
though we may occasionally feel a
lack of confidence in her by-products.
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Editor Clark Howell Is in. hospital
from an appendicitis oper-
alton, but Editor James Gray has as
vet sent no flowers.
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John l.. Sullivan, we are told, is to
marry a Boston widow. We thought
the old man still had lighting blood
in his veins.
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If the regular meats are too costl
for your purse. why not fall back o.
swcetmeats?
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Perhaps when aviation becomes more
common. Mr.. President. more people
will drop in on the White House.
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a tariff war is doubtless all right
in its way, but it certainly lacks the
class of a social war.
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our experience has convinced us that
q c5ld storage egg is usually rather
old for its age.
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STATE PRESS
What Equalization Means.


Equalizatioh OF TAXATION aoesh mean in-
crease OF taNatlol, as some 2eopie seem 70
think 1t means Just what ~ ys-'equaii-
zation INA. 70, .ae1t eauSen paa.ins o,,s
his Just share VI taAat,on necessary 10 sup
port the government ! ne state as a whoie
is large corporahon cong business nas IN IN
which there arc a great many investors,
each one sharahs IN me pfohts ana each
one paying MS u, pfoporsloha4 pafe o. ane
expenses necessary 70 conduct the business.
In copartnership II would be manitestly
unfair 10 taN one mempef or SET or men, men,
bers more Tor expenses man thelr just snare
Of expenses pfoportiotate 10 lheir s.oth
held IN me corporation or copartnership.
As we understand II, me 800 purpose OF
the Legislature Is TO Try 70 equaiize. tne
expenses SO mat no one shaii bear more
than his Just snare OF the buIden-lt burden
1t is--of iaSatloh' ana not directly 10 IN,
crease revenues. 80, then, II TINS De me
correct view ana II Is, there Is 20 ground
for ob1eetloa; mere should be no unw ~,
insness on we part oil any cltizeh OF thls
state to bear ms part OF inns expense neces-
sary 10 eonuur. cue business or inc a ans
AS ous.nnss 90 VIC nta.e 20
and popuiatioh increases, me expense &C,
count inua. ~, s "a ny STOW. ms ~ -
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Rear Admiral Peary" sounds all
right to us, but what IN the world
shall be done for Prof. Matt ilelsoh.
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MERELY JOKING.
And Got him.

And Got Him.
Daughter: Did you have to fish much,
mamma. before you caught papa
Mother: Fish, my dear. ilshi was bear
hunting."-M. A. P.
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Just Drop on.

''whoro is your office in New York;"
.In tho tower of the highest skyscrapei
II you ever go to the top drop off and Sc
me."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Gold n. Lcgnl Tcnder, ETC.

i. WHY was gold not considered a
legal tender after the Civil War;
g When was it made legal ten.
3. Did it only exist in Southern
states. or nationally? V. q. ID.
J. Gold was always considered Legal
tender, but 1t was practically disre-
garded during and after the war; IN
asmuch as the grecnbacks issued by
the Federal Congress We're declared
legal tender. AS gold reached a pre-
MUM OF $3.50 during the war; 1t, nat
urauy enough. stood far above INC
This question was fought out in the
supreme Court in the case Of Hepburn
VS.. Griswold Is Wallace, Sod.
9. cold has been a legal tender since
the founding of the government.
g. The Southern States, Ike thf
Northern made Confederate notes le'
gal tender during the war. Cold only
circulated at u fabulous premium.
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REPORTS arc to the effect that Wall Street
is weak just now. but it always comes in
strong at election time. charleston News
and Courier.
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Not that it's any of our business, put
why doesn't Idaho give up HeSp"rh
for Lent?
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In a short time the hens are again ex
pected to be contributing to next year,
supply of cod-stoyage cgss'-lndianapoli
News.
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1t is said that James j. Ieftres Is direct
descendant of Hanging" Jeffries, the
famous English judge. But maybe JACK
johnson is descendant OF the Ahkoond
of Swat.-Denver Republicans,
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milling Left to Do.

Hotel Clerk (plcasantlyl: What! Not
leaving use"
sights and become engaged to all the girls"
Town and Country
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Still Iherc IS llopc.
"I'vc never been offered bribc,' Dragged
the eloquent politician.
"Cheer up, old man!.' shouted piker In
the front row. your luck may change =
l Buffalo Express.
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WISDOM IN SMALL DOSES.

MAN is writing book about DR..
n Cook. Well, really, in time when
4 there are so many real things to do
New York World.
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They Look Alike.

They LOOK !i1ikF.
Mistress: 'Anna, you've been wearing my
patent leather shoes again.
/ Anna $50 sorry. ms'am but 1 always
mistake them for my rubbers."-MegGen
dorfer Blaettcr.
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Commission Government.
Please tell mo where I can secure
material on the commission. form OF
government. ~. L. -.
University of yirsinia.
Write to DR. Fl. r. Mc1lwaine, state
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10 do by the voice of other workers
has required Inc 70 enter somewhat
more prominently into the public NE
OF the State than anticipated or de-
sired. Education and temperance have
been the great issues before the peo-
pie OF the state for the past few years.
and i have done absolutely everything
that / have had the time or have
known how to do. In furtnerance OF
those great interests. Both of them
have been the subject of much dis
cussion, and to accomplish permanent
results 1t has been necessary to Sc
cure the passage OF much legislation.
| In the explanation and advocacy of the
same, l have been called to speak very
fore the committees OF the General
Assembly But 1 have appeared very
rarely as an individual. but nearly al
ways as a representative of educational
Tor temperance workers. who have re-
/ quested me to speak for them.
| For such public work, / have no
opaIogies 10 make. On the contrary, /
1 rejoice to have been one OF the voices
Byrd law. the high school bill. the
school examiners, large appropriations
| for schools, etc. But l assert here and
now, with all the emphasis OF which
lie work, In which I have engaged, has
ever been actuated In the slightest
degree, By the slightest desire. for
any political office whatsoever, aud the
I
i"Dr. Cannon is understood to be watch
ling things is not only absolutely in
correct. but it is personally very dis
tasteful to me. do not say that 1t
was so intended. In the present in
stance, but I do say that. IL in the
future. any man or newspaper makes
such statements concerning me or my
work, 1t Will be done with the pur-
pose of damaging my influence as 4
worker for moral reforms. tho aim
being to discount my labors by ascrib-
ing them to IL desire to promote ms
political fortunes.
II such statements are made again
I warn the people of Virginia to give
them no credence. II made again the3
will be made by friends of the liquor
traffic who desire to damage my work
as superintendent OF the Anti-Saloon
!, League of Virginia, or by hostile news
!, Ipapers which will be personally and
= ] finally interested in the circulation OF
such false reports.
4 JAMES CANNON, JR.,
9 Superintendent Anti Saloon League o!
!, Virginia.
Richmond. February 9.
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Another former home Of the E I1l r;
of Winchilsea is Burlcy--o n tho Hi.
which was almost wholly destroyed pS
fire two years ago. while occupied on
lease by Lord Wimborne's younger son;
Captain the Hon. Frederick Guest. ana
u his American Wife, Amy, daughter o.
I Henry Phipps, OF Pittshurg surrey
on tlle-In hsures in The HI history ,ha 81
while the festivities We're III prosressss
| there in honor of the marriage 9,
Lady Mary Finch, daughter OF Lore
Winchlsea, to George saville, So son 90, 81
! the Marquis OF Halifax, the latter one
OF the ministers Of the crown, was
suddenly taken i'll in London, Whers
he had been detained by affairs OF
/ state. Informed that his mhlady was
| mortal, and that his demise was lnl-
minent. he declined to allow any news
| thereof to be conveyed to his son, lest
i it should mar the rejoiclngs at Bnrley-
i on the-Ilill. and breathcd his last in
! London while the wedding ceremony
Mas being performed in Rutlandshire,
4 brother al the present Lord Win.
4 chilsea, and an ANGLE, therefore, OF
4 Young Lord Maidstone who is marry
ling Miss preSel. Macclehrated as being
N The only white maj, who has. ever ac-
4 auiSed the art OF throwing the boonE
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JAMES CANNON, JR..
Anti Saloon League OF