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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-08-24
Reformation.

"You say you are a reformer?"
yep" replied the local boss; sof
the deepest dye
But you were not always So.
mo. The reformers' reformed our
town last year and want to reform
1t back again"
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-08-24

NO." said the politician, who was
around on crutches, there is
no truth in the rumor."
What rumor?" we asked.
"The one to the effect that broke
my leg in trying to get away from an
Office that was seeking me-" he an
swered.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-08-24
The Worlds Best Runners.

70 10 b -
The best runners In the world are
said to be a race Of indians living
near the Gulf Of California. They are
known as Serbs. and number only
some 400. In the open country the
women and children catch hares BY
hand without any artificial aid what
ever. The men. however, look upon
this as child's play. and themselves at.
tack and capture antelopes. deer and
wild buffalo, The swiftest horse can.
not outrun these feet-footed Indians.
who perform on foot the same feats
as the cowboy ON his broncho.
A boy can be seen driving horses
round and round In an inclosed track.
and when they have got up good
speed one Of the barriers Is removed
and horse dashes into the prairie at
full speed. It has not gone 100 yards
before the Indian has caught up with
It; another 60 yards and he has bound
ed on its back, seized its name with
one hand and its nOstrils with the
other and thrown 1t to the ground.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-31
EDITORIAL
Eliminate the Migrants.

That was a salntary police raid late Saturday
night and early Sunday morning, when the
allow and bowels Of the city were swept and the
\ accumulated debris of humanity sentenced on
Monday 10 Jail for ninety days.
sE Thirty-six negro men, thirty weight negro wo-
men and one piece of moral iotsam IN the
share Of degraded white woman Is needed
riddancc to the city. and needed lesson 20 the
worthcss floating population that liberty Of
pcrSou does not legally exist except IN connection
with clean and useful work
we trust that the raid docs not mean a
spasrnodc crusade which will stop short at one
cr two sensational "round-ups' Nor Is this q
nroper place for tho drawing OF the color llne
Tie white, rs we'll as the black, vagrant shond
IL PIT In jeopardy Of his liberty, Indeed, his
crisne is more cricyous because more unnatural
than that of the naturally more shiftiess black
Whatever his color. the vagrant Is the tool and
flr school1naslcr If crime ldleness is not only
The SYNONYM If vice. but wee j. the one thing
which it produces and in which it is competent to
insirllet Every professional va@raut in city Is
"a infections SORE from which other SORES spread
aud tester. They are the very root and cause Of
tls criminal problem. Tie police cam best work
Tor peace and order. can best prevent crime, rs
well NJ SECURE iJs punishment, by mol only ar
resting Migrants at intervals by wholesale but
hv carving ON nm individual and invctcrac war
ausiffSt fltt-t- fcrcvcr and whenever found. II
II outg nv making the profession dangerous one
that there i The hope Of permanent radiance of
Its practitioners.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-31
THE PEOPLES FORUM
Take Down the Fence.

Editor Of The Virginian:
SIr.-oh the weariness one feels in looking the
ugly, cold. black iron spikes that border our beauti-
ful Capitol groundst Their aspect is heartess and
Hnde1Heeratie They saggc8t medieval narropness
and eXclusiN eness. What under heaven can hallow
them to the Richmond public? What possible Tres
do they serve? What does that hometv cum
bersome file ~of tail spears keep out of the en-
closure, or what does II keep within? Not one
earthly thing The unseemly barrcade in oil days
may have had some utility but of that I am Nv no
Probably some practical end was the
original excuse for the costly paissade surely
the beauty Of 1t was not the inspiring Was
It designed TO keep the in the street? TOR. was
1t due t" the old-tme impulse to build enciOauIe s
around domestic and public ediiices? Modern es-
theticsm is at enmity with all unsghtly objects The
deformng and obstruction fence has long neen con
demned by the citizens of the city The lovely front
yards open generously and democraucally INTO the
streets DELIGHTFULLY."- enhancing the Of amphl-
tude and beauty.
Now the park around classic Greek CAPITOL
skilled treatment it is becoming more and more beau
ufuL II the enFroning abomuable uglinesa could be
removed 1t would give pleasing Of expan-
slVeness and enlargement to the scene. Like a fair
queen, the Capitol sits the HILL and the fence
looks like dscoiered brass ring on her finger To
me- the lncongruity suggests beautiful woman with
an iron circlet hung IN her noce for ornament
IL that old fence could be removed for one year
not all the kings horses could pull il back to posi-
ton again. Do memories Consecrate II II is sane
titled by any consideration human or divine? II
so. let the man who disodges handle ii reverentv
Why not east the metal into the furnace and mauld
Of the city: No has any rreverent distaste for
the martial enclosure 1t is simply grief o the
rising spirit OF civic beauty afront to the
pt,i4tan taste 1T ought 10 go It is useless II is
ugly dsfgures tho Capitol grounds-it-eH trages
the beauty it enfolds. That fence Is like the grimy
clutch Of a rueins hand the wrist OF a fair wo-
man, Please you, who rill take it away?
Richmond Va
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-31

advertising purposes. But however that may be,
the opening of one theatre would have meant the
araaIe all l-theEa would haze been steady
and insdious widening of the scope OF the bill
and it would have been but short time before,
with usage, neglect, and competition Richmond
would have had in theatres what New York for
long while had in the way of saloons--the sale
Of a stale Sandwich" in the form of religious
concert. with the cocktail of spicy stunts
thrown IN "On the side
Anyone who has ever attended one Of these
religious mainccs in a city knows full we'll
that the devout or educational part of the PRO
gram Is nothing more than an onion to give the
proceedings the plcbian odor of the law, After
that. the street costumes Of the actors and
actresses merely serve 10 add piquancy to 4 per
Torrance in all other respects not 10 be differ
entated from that Of any other day of the week.
For salvation from this particular sort Of
hypocrisy. Richmond Is to he heartily congrat-
ulated.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-31

On tIns page we print communication re-
oeiyed from South Dakota, where Bryan cnthus-
lasts are evidently more sanguinc than they are
elsewhere Our correspondent claims that the
Commoner controls "four-ffths or nine-tenths" Of
the Democratic party His criticism is that-we
thereupon haze the temerit suggest that the
fact that silence is golden should not necessarily
at this time keep Mr.. Bryan from acquiring
strange and golden virtue
If our correspondent bad read us more care
fully he would have noted that it is precisely be
cause We boIicve Mr.. Bryan to still retain a strong
following IN the party that we think it the part
OF patriotism for him 10 keep out Of the APP
preaching campaign. We believe in Mr. Bryan
ability, IN his honesty Of purpose and in his
purity OF motive. We SO stated IN the editorial
criticized. BUT We do not believe that he can
ever hope 10 be elected President. That is
hope which experience should have denied him.
and which reflection ought TO deny those of his
intrepid friends who still nouri~h it, Rightly or
wrongly, Mr. Bryan has made for himself a repu-
tation of indiscretion. Against his candidacy
there would be aligned not only the solid opposi
tion of the money power but the great mass
of all those oWn lltic money, who hope TO make
little money. or who.are interested, directly or
indirectly, in little property. Against such
a combination as that, no man in America could
hope To Win.
There is time when the recognition of ex-
pediencv is cowardy and there is a time when
il is folly to disregard IT, TO our mind. the
present, when the clear drift is toward Democ-
raex, l. time, 80 far n r. Bryan Il concerned,
for him TO put no selfish obstacle in the way.
His candidacy for the nomination, or his active
use Of his following in National politics, would
OF ltsett await 10 turn victory into defeat.
Despite regrettable reticence as to his inten-i
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-31
The Cycle Of Extravagance

II is easy TO sniff at James ]. Hills diagnosis
Of the high cost of living As due to a want
of economy, 1t Is we'll TO say that Mr.. Hill,
with his millions. can afford not TO be- cXtrava-
CANT and it is natural to find IN ones own eX-
pcrience Of grinding economy complicated with
balances OH the debit side a rctutaiion OF a
charge against people brought by Il fttat1 who
has 10 present necessity or inclination 10 'prac-
tice what he breaches,
Yet the facts. a. they have a habit OF doing,
bear ont Mr.. Hills statement. For years his
problems have been big, his vision wide. lie has
looked at things in the mass and has not been
blinded by things i'll the foreground, Because
the most Of us see the small thing near at hand,
instead of approaching the size OF the large
thing far away, 1t is the small and intimate IL
metration which sometimes best points the large
and impersonal truth.
Noting the return IL this country Of Mrs.
Grover Cleveland and her children, Sunday ;
dispatches carried this significant statements:
"On the steamer Caledonia. which
came in from Glasgow, were 100 pros
poctivc brides The young women
came to this country to marry sweet e
hearts who had arrived here earlier
in the season and obtained positions
From which it would seem that. despite the
universal wall III the midst of fairly good times
that earning capacity Is not keeping step with
living expenses, America YET remains the door
of hope to many OF the odd World. These
hopeful lassies have come to meet certain canny
young Scotehmen who, it may be depended upon,
have measured cerainties and opportunity i'll a
characteristic Aard-headed way Ii Is, of course
true that the POSITIONS which they have obtained
arc modest ones. But it is evident also, that
comparatively Is well as in the mere actual in
efettS iii money return, they are such as 10 have
brought independence and confidence, where be-
fore there was doubt and fear
lnthc few lines which toll The always interest
my story ct romance and accomplishments of
sacrifice and victory, of effort and adventure
prompted by love there Is for us who complain
both hope and example, These be good citizen,
who invest their incgement in bringing to this
country brides who are not afraid of life. and
whom the high cost of living does not appal
ct the problem remains and will remain none
the less certainly because in few years the
children OF these doughty marriages will no
doubt themselves be fixed upon the new cx
travaganee the desires undreamcd If By THEN
parents, and will be adding their voices TO the
Iong-tim chorus Of protest against the thing,
that are high
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-31
Lost. A Voice.

q Senator LoflnCr has LOST MS voice.
There b. some who will yet remember the
case Of that Tar He'll Congressman who rising
- deliver his eaoey on Zcb Vance, pretaced his
remarks with the statement, "My tongue Is
nailed IN the coffin there with Vance and who
then proceeded 10 indulge in a linguistic debauch
besidc the corccousnes. of whose adjectiyes and
fhe Insurance Of whose figures and metaphors
the mental coIoration Of the widest opium dream
was pale, insipid and unsatisfactory. This
gentleman il was who spoke, among other things
OF the "dye pots of the angels ups6tting' IN
Nance favor-- aud OF whom ii was said that
whon the celestial paint flood occurred some Of
The liehest pigments struck fair upon his waiting
,noutl.
THIS reninisccnce Is provoked by its rcpet-
tjel--vith the reverse English by Senator
'1orimor, Of Illinois. just now laboring to cx-
plain to bis colleagues his connection with Ger
aaill political jackpot" which is alleged to have
sbspn "busted' IN the Illinois Legislature syn
stlss4aaesa4le piih Mr. Lerimer,= eleetien te the
stnate. Rising to point of personal privilege
the ;iccustl Senator RECALLED his hearers with the
slatetnen thai the entire matter was fabrication
bought by the Chicago Tribune for the original
purpose Of thwartiug his organization of bank !;
and with reference IL the charge that ono Luke,
since deceased, had benefited by his bribery he
declared
'.Standine in this historic chamber, in a place
of high honor to which my departed friend did
NIL in hi4 power to assist me, would bc untrue to
car friendship and my high regard for him if
did moi hurl this malicious hcartless satanic lie
back into the foul mouth that uttered it,.
Ntereupon, he added, There is no language
n characterize such dcspicabIc conduct" Upon
which. again, all but stiIled by his emotion and
spent in his vocabulary, Senator Lorimer never
thcless managed 10 gasp:
s.This loathsome, detestatble creature McdilI
Mccormick, guilty Of this and numerous other
violations Of decency, should and will be in the
5uture a. in the past shunned and avoided by all
]. decent people
Decidedly, we think that this was doing pretty
well in the line of inpressionistic character
sketching. Before this stress Of feeling has
caused the locked lips of the dumb 10 fly open,
and has lent 10 incoherent tongues a surprising
dction. The Senator's victory over rccaIcit-
rant vocabulary occurred, however. several days
ago Since then additional disclosures from II
4 LIMOS have damned the stream of his eloquence,
50 THAT BOW he turns the lawyer, pleading as
defense the technically that no Illinois statute
covers the charge that is laid against him. If
II shall develop from the investigation that this
Itself aud the country a ser.iee -he returning
Senator Loriacr II the political wilderness
sfhere IN the defcnseess siIenccs hc may recover
bis voice and perhaps stumble upon personal
/. Characterization.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-31
Talking About pnnyilIr

The Chase city Progress recently expressed tins
hope that Danvtile would keep better brand Of IT,
duor than that sold In Roanoke" whereupon the
Bristol Herald-Couricr adds "Danvne viii d. that.
of course. Any town keep better brand Of Ii
quor than that sold In other town and get II
81 the same barrel too" We do not aspire To
President Tafts prerogative of determining what
whiskey. but speaking Tor this city, think
may suggest on behalf Of the men who propose
TO dispense liquors here by consent OF a small piu-
tality Of the qualified voters participating IN
election that the have ambition - keep BETTER
brand than that sold in amy other town, They viii
be- content to lei Roanoke keep an the best brands
provided the DaHville dealers sell IT. They
not In business IN keep it This be wit. but
IL cannot be characterized dry Wit
Danville Bee.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-31
The Talk Down Home"
Banks Sounding Depth.

Strange how they will nc: take notice Immediately
following the kersCuse Judge Clark. States
Vile Landmark, into the Presbyterian pool
Elder Banks, of the Hickory Democrat testing tho
depth OF the Methodist water. He liz feminist this
woman In the pulpit and backs up the conference
In It's action on THAI matter And II Roosevelt
had disciple. he has in the editor Of Hickory
Democrat. 1t Is broad principle that Elder Ranks
argues from-he unfortunate tendency of the times.
which means less homes less babies less big old TINA
families less ail-round happiness less birth and
therefore less population and less hope for the States
future, less of the soft sweet dependence OF woman
upon man and less of the strong. cnivarous protection
by man Of the weaker eek" Isn't that bold front
for mere man to against the serried ranks of
aggressive womankind? But the Democrat tries
still deeper water when it says that the conference
would have been playing the role OF blind Samson in
the temple OF Dagon. II 1t should have changed the
four year itineraney.' Banks however. always
love argument. and this time he Is TO get his
fil.--Charlotte Chronicle
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-31
Oversight in Reformed C,ause

Now that the tattered Taft Wickersham railroad
bill or what is left of it. is In Senate
differences between the two houses will GO fer adj
1usment to a committee conference. It Is In CONF
Hattee of conference, says the Philadelphia Record.
that manipulaors OF legislation in their finest
work was by the conference on the Payne
Adrch tariff and other occasions by the latest
shake given TO the railroad bill by the Payuter Jones
amendment to the Cummins amendment the inter-
state commerce commission win have the right
pend within four months freight against which
complaints raised. and If a hearing is not CON
Guided within that time the commission may extend
the suspension for further period 10 exceed six
months This regarded a sufficient time Tor all
parttes-the commission the railroads and the ship
pers Another provision Of the amendmvnt
that when increased of freight is found an
reasonable by the commission land the the
railroad company shall refund to the shipper the
difference between that and the IL existed
before the increase. But there is nothing in that
to require the shipper in his refund the dir
ference paid by the ultimate consumer.-Alcxandra
Gazette.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-31

FASHIONS change in cows well as in bcnnets or
neckties and the once popular Jerseys have been
pushed aside by the chief executive make for
Holstein OF arist"cratic lineage. The black and
white newcomer is not however to browse the
ample slopes of the White House until the President
returns from his summer capital by the 4
governor OF Illinois his TO the State
Capitol on an express frank but the President has
intention of dispatching his to Beverly
and hack again on freight tfaiHShe is not that
kind Of COW. She Is OF the purest Holstcin blood.
a real aristocrat in the world. She would scorn
box car. and II she were put In she might
aiate by refusing Ia supply the presidential table
with milk and butter. for all know how to
hold up" the tactical fluid.
Pauline Wayne fer that is the presidential
cows name VIII stay IN luscious Wisconsin pas
lures until the fall season. She IS therefore, the
oficiai cow~elect, and when the wind blows at
Beverly and the President HES back to Washington.
then Pauline win meet him at the White House
gate willing and ready to do her part IN maintaining
the republic by Keeping ita chosen head In health
and vgor. Long live the republics official COW
Birmingh CHAM Age-Herald.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-31

tions, we are hopeful that Mr.. Bryan himself
takes this view of the situation 1t was in de-
fe..t4ihg his right citizen "a participate ae-
lively in matters affecting his own State without
laying himself open to criticism and suspicion
respecting politics in the country at large that the
editorial objected to was written.
There is virtue in constitutional inability
to recognize defeat; there is greater virtue in the
ability to sink oneself in cause 1t is this higher
virtue to which, we hope,#Hd believe, Mr.. Bryan
has now attained
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-31
Mr.. BRYAN and His Voice.
Richmond, Va.

Editor OF The Nirginian:
Sir,-Your leading editorial of May 20 Mr. Bryan
and the Nation IL entertaining Mr.. Bryan ad-
mttedly has four or nine -tenths of the demo-
cratic party with him. You solemnly invite him,
the good OF the party to keep quiet for the
and haft years WIN You take your medicine
and set him good example by yourself keeping quiet
flr the same PERIOD This might also be the
good of the party, rather vocal minority which
yun represent
The editorial is. curiousy enough. Immediately fol-
lowed by black letter heading AN Invitation from
the Enemy"
Yours for the due proportion of things
LLOYD r EVERETT
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-31

The Organization In Sirginia contemns the pri-
mary method of making nominations, but Is snguiarly
aEerse to the holding of conventions to iegslae
party policies and management, The State committee
is enamored of the freedom which comes from the
absence of supervision by higher authority In
ether States the primary IL adjunct Of and nor
substitute for the convention syEem and the advan
tages Of both are secured Maryland is about to hold
State convention and, under the leadership of Sem
ator Raynor. will probably sound the keynote
which the national democracy Will rally but Virginia
neg]ects the opportunity assert it's ancient prece
dence and will sraggle into tine after the battle
been joined. IN loose and with Hnimpressivc
me too declaration OF loyalty trgtntah- FTIot
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-31
Hesita,ing mt the Wrong Time

John A kissinger, private in the United States
army volunteered to be bitten by yellow fever
quito Twelve years ago to make "a for
waiter Reeds great theory. kissnger established the
theory by taking the fever, but a result
paIaSzed in both legs and became invalid for life.
congress Is justly censured by the Richmond vr-
Sihlan Tor haggng the bill grant a pension
10 lhls genuine hero and benefactor of mankind,
we may remark that the very Congress that
naKs al klStlngers worthy petition. put through Ike
nghtning a bill pension deserter from the United
states army President Taft stopped the outrage with
MS veto. but that was not Congress- faut-Norfok
Landmark.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-31
No Sunday Concerts

The refusal Of Mayor Richardson to permit
The opening Of local theatSnpn Sunday for a
free performance with motiH pictures and
Sunday concert viii meet the endorsement of the
great majority Of Richmond people. who favor
the fullest possible recognition of the Sabbath
hi hi IN cft y.
The concert proposed was to embrace only
Heiucationa historic, religious and other like
Subjects but the history Of this class of enter
talnnent, as well as it, tendency, is too well
knoAsn 10 instify The permit, exen if such "a per
fornanec could he considered legal under exist
ing statutes Although the theatre in question
proposed to make its concert free entertain
air MIN WIS, of COURSE, commercial one,
~ tie sense that it was probably desired for
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-31

Mr. F. Linney says that one of the best remedies
that he has tried for sheepkilling dogs " to lay
piece OF cheese by the carcass Of sheep that has
been killed by dogs. and he that when the hungry
ours return for a second feast and find fresh
and cheese both awaiting him that he is overcome
with joy that death results in few minutes He
has tried this remedy four within the few days
and in each instance 1t has worked like a charm
may be that he does a little "dotorng' the cheese.
and IL he does, who biames him y-Watauga Demo-
GRAFT
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-31
Virginia Comment
Pulaski Bonds.

Pulaski county bonds did sell as we'll AZ we
hoped they would. but anyhow they did better than
those OF the city of Philadelphia which could not %
sold at all The Pulaski people pucky, SO de-
termined and so public spirited that we like to sea
them succeed in everything they undertake Now q
nope they viii turn in and build road which will
De an object lesson to the county and
southwest and VIII confound and everlasting
CONFUSION convert to enthusiastic support most
q,iiSent opponents and critics of the enterprises
Roanoke Times
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-31

The capture of the custom house site at Blue
fields by the Nicaraguan regular forces, and the
removal of the custom house by the Estrada
army, further compicate- the situation which
Knox has forced this country into with respect
to Nicaragua To whom will duties be paid, and
where! Surely the United States will not per
init them to be paid twice.