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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-24
The American snIyo,,o, -,

TO tho Editor OF The Times-D,spatch.
SIT mas been well said that tho
p ppn n rs ,I mIisghtier than the sword You
Inf Sipup,.sh,nS paper that has great
70 neip In Fighting an injustice. All
hnve in this world, after giving
Nsw nsy two years OF my life 10 the
hold dear. because. with a bad rem
utation. even although my chara cter
IS good. my influence for doing good
10 DINERS Is hindered. AS Christian
gentleman declare TO you on my hon
OF that no person can prove aught
against my character since I came into
me American Salvation Army twenty
der the name OF the Salvation Army
OF america. We never had amy trouble
win any city authorities until three
ears ago. after the Salvation Army
ton In New York CITY. But ever since
mat time they have prosecuted our
neopic IN every wRN possible. Five
lines during tho last three years they
nave tried TO have me arrested and
Jailed each time. l had not been here
put three weeks when they published
a piece In the Journal. saying we so
licited in their name and that VIC were
soliciting for an orphans home, both
OF which were false. Three years ago
In Dallas. Tex. where at that time I
had charge OF our work. four days be-
fore Christmas they. BY false etatc-
mcnts. had the city to stop our work
In order that they might stop ua from
serving Christmas dinner. but failed
And that Is just what they would like
70 do here in Richmond. and are now
distributing literature warning the
public against impostors TO bring us
INTO disrcDutc. One business man ON
BROAD street the other day was under
the impression that my wife and |
were the only American Salvation
Army people In the United States. Tho
salvation Army, to the best Of our
knowledge, has spent $4,000 IN the
New York courts TO defeat U.S. but so
Tar has fatled In doing so. We arc now
expecting the decision from the high
est court in New York In few days
And this money they have spont I'm
lawsuits was given them by tho pub
He, supposedly for RELIGIOUS and char
liable work. We acknowledge that
some OF our officers have been bad. and
we don't profess to have any angels,
but people who live In glass houses
shouldn't throw stones or the kettle
shouldn't call the pot black. All We
ask is to have fair play. equal chance
with other churches for We arc an or
yani2cd church. but the Salvation Army
is no church. as General Booth has said
time and again, as they have no or
dlnanccs of the Lords supper or bap-
tism., neither do they ordain their
preachers. as VIC do.
In conclusion. let me say we arc GO
ing to give our Christmas dinner II NC
have to sell everything we have to do
30. 20 that the salvation Army can't
bring us before the public and say we
arc frauds. W, l.. PECEHAM,
Adiutnrt
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-24

TO the Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Sir,--Penracola, Fla, q town OF 20 600
people. was recently asked to raise
$4,000 TO be used for tho purchase OF
stock In Il new railroad to be built in
that section. From noon OF one day 10
noon of the next day exactly si75.coo
was raised, and the live ones" sub
scribing It noticed the committee in
charge that In case OF any trouble or
delay In securing the balance they
would take up the entire $4,000 bal
ance and distribute i proportionatcly
amongst themselves. SO much for Pen
sacoln.
Some months ago Richmond, city OF
$4,000 people. was asked 10 subscribe
paltry $4,000 for the purchase Of
stock In a railroad TO be built To Tide
water Virginia, and 1t was carefully
figured out that the benefits derived
by Richmond from the building of this
road would be !nestimnblc. The pa
pers and leading commercial bodies
worried and plead for weeks and
months but hardly one-hnlf the
amount. asked has ever been SUB
Ecribed.
Question: What is city? Z.
Richmond.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-24

civil servics: 1872 collectors OF customs
81 collectors Of internal revenue, Sc
United States marshals and immi-
grafton commissioners. Giving up this
power would mean that tho President
would relinQuish oven such a rich and
juicy Federal plum MS tho collector OF
tho port OF New York; and where
would Colonel Roosevelt be it no
could not have had his own United
States marshals prancing before him
saily as he was whooping 1t up
through the West with his cowboys
and Rough Riders?
President Taft goes further. He not
only wishes the offices enumerated
above placed under classified civil SER
vice, but he also suggests that the
necessity OF confirmation by the Senate
be removed. II Is hardly likely that
there will be any wild enthusiasm
Tor President Taft before next July,
put few more messages like this
one under discussion. and a few more
acts like his abrogation of the Rus.
sian treaty and his recommendation
of a parcels post. will commend and
strengthen him enormously with tho
thinking people. Even the unthinls-
ing could be galvanized into n fury
OF admiration if the President only
how to be great press
agent. AS Talleyrand said OF Napo-
leon in another connection. What n
pity that man as truly great should
be SO lacking In one particular"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-24
PRESIDENT TAFT on Federal.
APPOINTMENTS

Taking his messages by and largo
President Taft is making a record for
sound sense. public spirit, courage and
patriotism that VIII entitle him to a
very high rank among the American
Presidents. This paper disagrees with
President Taft entirely on his veto Of
me WOOL schedule. position which
we think has been fully justified By
MS recent message accompanying the
tariff board report. y question of in
teilectual bias. however, carries very
email weight v'icn compared with a
moral principle clearly apprehendcd
and strongly enforced. President Taft
mas shown in his message 10 Congress
on the civil service his broad states.
manship and his utter willingness 70,
Put tho public good above party az
pediency. In his message President
Taft declared:
The President and the others
whose time is now taken up in dis
'rihutipg this patronage under m.
custom that has prevailed since tho
beginning Of the government IN ac-
torrance .,rdaa with the Recommendation OF
n..orit ,a'oss ana Spngrcssmen OF the
iron. this burden. ! am conoda .s.'sE ga
such change would greatly rc5ucs
we cost OF adininistering the gov
70 ~ s ); "M" en"' !. would ADA greatly
The power II use tile natTar 80 - ,tw a..
government for political purposes"
None Should know better than Tho
President the wicked waste Of Hmc
Involved in listening eour,s5u.l.. !,
the drea.y reci,als Of Senator'S nnl
Congressman seeking Federal pap 70,
friendly supporters
In all conscience the wori, of III,
President is heavy enough withou, III.
having to endure the srueling pro.
4 cess OF appointing 5s.5lS officials, caci
o. whom as tho PresIden, remarked
YOU'D be more efficiently chosen 81,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-24
RoosEvELr's rRIExp's LErrER.

Dead men tell no tales--and iarri
man and Bliss and Webster are al
dead Records are not kept silent sc
eas!ly, and ever since the correspond
once between Colonel Roosevelt anc
Mr. Hartman was made public fol
lowing the publication OF Iarrlman's
letter 20 Webster, there has been an
uneasy feeling in the minds of many
OF the Colonel's friends. and GER
tninty in the minds OF his enemies,
that TWO practical men" got together
III leoi and raised money to help the
Republican rarty. When that collcc
tion was completed and the $4,000 go
raised had been used to turn $1,000
Republican votes in New York, Mr..
Hartman found that he was not as
practical as the gentleman with
whom he had sat down to sup.
When the true inwardness OF Harri-
mans activity was disclosed In his
letter to Sidney ]. Webster letter
he'd TO reason for misstatcment--
Colonel Roosevelt denounced Harri-
man in that short and ugly term.
But abuse could not break the chain
of evidence. ard the matter etood word
against word. with the balance in
favor OF Hartman
Cornelius y. Bliss was alive then.
Why was not he called. IL his feelings,
as reported hy George r.. Sheldon, are
matters OF such moment now?
Ex-Governor B. B. OdeN is still alive
Why did not Colonel Roosevelt call
him TO witness the truth OF his state
rncnts, since Mr.. Sheldon finds ex-Gov-
erncr Cdcll so important g. factor to-
day?
Certainly Colonel Roosevelt knew
when the Hartman letters came out
knows to-day-that his unsupported
word is not enough in the face OF the
facts stated by Hartman Why did
no then delay reopening this question
until tho three chief witnesses had
died? Mr.. sheldon declared in yester-
day mornings paper that he wrote at
the request OF Colonel Roosevelt as an
act OF friendship.
Dead men tell no tales, and the bur
den rests on him who did not so to
;!'e country while the chief witnesses
were yet alive!
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-24
La Marquise de Fontenoy
ING ALFoNSO'S intimation 10 the
French Premier CaillauX, to the
- effect that Spain Is not Portugal.

Inc; ALFoNSOS intimation TO the
" French Premier CaillauN, to the
effect that Spain Is not Portugal.
was called forth by that states
mans semi Official threat, conveyed 10
Madrid by one OF his personal ennis
saries. that unless Spain yielded to
Frances prctcnsions In connection with
Morocco. anu abandoned the rights
which SHE had acquired by TIL: treaty
Of 1904, approved Of at the time hy
Great britain. the republican move
ment against the monarchy would he
fostcrcd In the Kingdom itself. and
would receive cncoura cement In
France. In one word CaillauX. with
out consulting his Minister OF Foreign
Affairs, M. de Salvcs. or Presiden
l'allicres, and ignoring the French am
bassador at Madrid, deliberately an
nounccd, through Il personal emissary
dispatched to Madrid for the purpose.
that he would avail himself of his
position as Premier of France. TO stir
UP dynastlc troubles In spain, unless
lifonso gave way.
Alfonso Immediately caused this ex-
traor,iinary threat 10 be communica ted
TO the various great powers CaillauN
is known to have conveyed mcnaces.
somewhat of the same kind. to King
Albert. during the past summer. with
tho purpose OF inducing Belgium to
rclinquish certain OF her territories In
the valley of the Congo 10 France, and
10 accord to the French there advant-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-24
w 5J states," Vol. ~. paso 1as.

United states," Vol. w.. page 1ss.
writes as follows:
on tho 3lst day OF May tho resolu.
lions were signed by BreYard as clerk
or the committee, mud were ndoptcd
Dy tho people with tho enthusiasm
whlch always springs from tho COM
bined Influence OF religion and the
love of civil liberty. Tho resolyes
wero transmitted with all speed to bo
printed In Charleston. and they startled
the governors OF Georgia ana North
carolina, who forwarded them to tho
BRITISH government An authentic
copy or the resolves was dispatched
~ order or tho Convention to the Con-
ger stopped on his way at Salisbury.
ana thero to a crowd round the conrt, .
mouse tho resolves wero read and up
It Is clear that Bancroft docs no,
e oT mn remotely indorse tho Declaration
% MaS 29th. He does not even refer
70 u. havo been Informed that he
aiu IN his early edition, possible 1853,
SUPPORT the goth; but after tho docu.
inentary facts In the caae had been
~ toE is he gave full Endorsement
" does not appear that either Ban
81 Efo5I or Roosevelt supports the Goth
BRISCoE b. BOULDN
greensboro, n. G,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-24
Voice Of the PEOPLE
l'rOhIbitinn.

10 tho Editor of The Times
Of ~, 9ohioltion is cardinal dogma
Of "a" patcrnaiist!c theory and scheine
iiate the morals, manners and on;H
ions or the people by act OF oss.mbiv
LIZ ryohinltion levics blackmail and re-.
wh "s on ,,h ,hG Spy system. has every
Tor honest taxation. ''ite
r'onihition has ad,iItcrutcd drini<.
~ ms s%tinSnished revenue. has foster,
brouRb hs ing !. ana by prostituting law
out not least, prohibition does not
prohibit and has nowhere cSpciIcJ
Drink or sensibly reduced intcnper.
The clnmor for county unit. If IFS
cl1iIns are allowed. Invariably pre-
ccues the further clamor for STATE
Wioc; II state be enacted BY leg
rSs a,, statute the next step in the
,aanntic's progress has been 'constitu-
uonnl prohibition
Neither the honest zeaiot nor tho
i sspc poiit i.;i; Is willing to lie, an
popular emotion and makes life so
cHctting-which yields such casv and
Such ready returns of Office and graft:
winch, in short so siinpllncs the pro-
Ding the people"
In the rural district which, because
oi us isolation. can have no adequate
poilce protection prohibition may be
90, -, "iiu INC shioon, voted
out by united public sentiment, may
be Kept out.
But In the village or town which
mas ample means of maintaining order,
where the public sentiment IL divided.
The attempt OF part of the people. rep
IescntinG the majority. to prohibi.
drink to the other part, representing;
the minority. Is not only adverse TO
the spirit OF our free institutions, but
inttlc in purpose. bringing the law
INTO violation and discrGiit. This is
especially truc where the village or
town has been coerced by the residue
Of the county, which is able to com
pei prohibition for Itself. but which
cannot police the town.
The disparity in this regard between
the law and contempt for the law In
crcases with tho size OF the commu-
nifty until it attains The numbers en-
iitlin9 IL to be called II city, where
all efforts nj prohibition become pre-
postcrous and rccoil upon themselves
and the people.
The experience OF every people who
has tried the drastic method Of fore
think and TO do us they do. has con-
OF logic and OF ethical principle. from
Maine To Alabama, from Texas to Kan
Sus.
Where conditions of public sentiment
for the law do not prevail, the at
tempt is not only futile. but also brings
law into odium and deiilemcnt. sowing
the dragons teeth of prescription and
intolerance. bitterness aud rcprisal. to
thc defeat OF true religion and real
morality. l.. g. G.
Richmond.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-24

christmas and Kisses so hand in
hand with holly and nistletoc," says
writer in the Houston Post. Why
Kisses should have anything to do
with hands we do not understand, un-
less the unfortunate man who cele-
nrates Christmas In Houston. coming
In late, has the presence OF mind to
KISS the hand of his waking wife to
make her think the Ticker is her pct
dos and not hubby.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-24
pnEA1z ur THE rEE sYsTEM.

L, Sentiment In Pittsylvania county is
: actively against the fee system OF COM
pensating public officials in Virginia.
ment OF this paper upon the financial
waste in Rockingham county wrought
by the fee system, the Chatham En-
terprise remarks that ono thing is
certain. and that is that there Is a
universal unrest all over tho State
the high cost OF everything that is
necessary in life" Tho fee system,
says the Enterprise, lis thing that
has Just been allowed 20 drift until 1t
has become one OF the causes of unrest
among tho people Moreover. how
taxation or whether Il is 10 blame at
all. we do not attempt TO say, but one
thing we do say, and that Is that
something is to blame, and whatever
that thing is ii should be removed
Tho Enterprise believes with the pco-
pie and tho press of this state that
a reasonable salary could be fixed for
these fec officers, and that III It did
nothing else ii would let the people
know just where we arc and what We
are doing"
The existence OF this perniclous and
indofensible system is most unwhole-
some for tho public good Whether
their belief is just, majority OF the
people regard the fee system as g gold
mine for fec officers, and feel that
these few men are being enriched at
the expense OF the many. There is
consequent distrust of and displeasure
With fee oficers-great In some places
and small III others. This is the un-
rest OF which the Enterprise speaks.
The people want the utmost publicity
in the transaction of their business
and in the expenditure of their money,
and the fee system is the wall that
cuts off the light.
pcmagogic politicians declare that
they oppose tho system, but they hide
Themselves behind the question. What
remedy would you suggest" That
position is plain lodging of the
Issue. No cure can be suggested until,
10 uso medical term, the history
of the case" can be secured. The pa
tient-tho systcm--cannot be exam
ined, because the fee officers have
closed the. door and barrea them
against investigation. The facts in
the case cannot be had. Fee officers
will not tell what they get; in many
cases they. keep no records of fees OBJ
tanned, and tho result is that nobody
but the fee officer or his wife knows
what he pulls down from the plum
tree every year. Public opinion in
many communities estimates the com
pensation OF fee officers as outrageous
ly excessive. but whether the estimate
is right or wrong no one Will or can
confirm.
The General Assembly must make
its preliminary attack by getting at
the facts and SO modifying the system
that fair salary can be hXed and
publicity secured.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-24
TEE ZINES RICHMOND SUNDAY DECEMBER y 1a1

those in control, realizing that 1t ia a
fine recognition OF tho commercial ad-
rantasee OF Richmond. and that the
result goes TO make the city greater
and stronger Nor is there anything
half-hearted in the thanks which tho
community returns to the patriotic
Richmond mon who worked for the
good OF their city by securing tho re-
tention here OF u great part Of our
tremendous tobacco Industry
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-24

senator Kenyon. of iowa. has offered
resolution In the Senate abolishtnc
inc free Senate barber shop and hath.
rooms and It is to be hoped that the
measure Will pass. why should our
senators be bathcd and ahavel4 at the
expense OF tho people? Why should
the country be taxed for the shanpoos
ana lace messages of it's public ser
wants?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-24
Historian. nnd the McelIenbure M.th.

Historians ana the McrkIcnburg Myth.
To the Editor Of The Times Dispatch:
Sir,---ln your last Sundays edition
read your comment upon the address
made by pr. W. ". Moore at tho din
ncr Of the North Carolina Society In
baltimore. Yesterday | read n card
from Dr. Moore in your paper in which
that IL any historians, except North
Cnrolinians have accepted the Dccln-
ration as n fact. we do not know it,:
that there arc some. nevertheless. for
Instance, Theodore Roosevelt ("rhc
Winning Of the west" Vol. L., p. 1879
and George Bancroft
have referred 10 "Thc Winning OF
tie West but I fail to find on page
l"I. Vol l., any reference whatever
TO the Mccklenburg Declaration. Tho
edition I read was printed In 1900. Pos
sibly there is another giving the in
formation referred to by DR.. Moore.
again where it may be found.
IN letter 10 the Charlotte Observer,
ten from Richmond / find what pnr-
ports TO be a quotation from the
same hook. PIP. 13i-lS7. This long quo
tatior referring to tho Hill people Of
Carolina closes as follows: ''The
Roundheads OF the South. the same
men who. before any others. declared
for American independence" ~" con-
Guides that Roosevelt here unanall-
ton Of May 20, 17i6, although he does
not appear to have given the date of
the Declaration. Roosevelt dou'ntlcss
referred to the resolves Of May 81,
iT76.
Bancroft, IN his History Of tho
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-24

1t Is said that Mr. Taft 10 going to
offer the vacant scat on the Supreme
Court to Judge william C. Hook. OF
Kansas II he declines. MT Taft need
not worry. for the Democrats will see
that nc Will get the hook" next No
vember.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-24

In New York the other night at a
banquet they served President Tart
with "jcunc perdreau roti en- case
role. "croquettcs aux riz farcics uvcc
Ee!ec' and "tartelettc glacce Lucille"
but they weren't cooked like they are
in Blackstone nor with as much real
style.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-24

mas demand on him is such that no
VIII have to draw two weeks salary
in advance. The Christmas "touch"
makes the whole world kin.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-24

Eighteen hundred people viii attend
a pence dinner at the Waldorf De-
ceinbtr 30. Enough policemen will be
there To prevent n riot.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-24

i number Of prominent citizens yes
terday disagreed as to whether egg
noE% ought to have in 1t three g's or
four. but tho sentiment of tho meet
Ing was unanimous that there ought
10 be some "pizcu" In II.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-24

Ebert NJ Fulton. of Wise. is pro
posed by the Wise News for the future
vacancy in tho Court Of Appeals.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-24

Only good things. Richmond" l.
suggested as a slogan.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-24

Carnegie gets $4,000 q day, but we
are reliably informed that the Christ
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-01-05

led in the factory with the greatest
dispatch consistent with quality, we
have been continually from two
weeks to m months behind.
"The volume of Rambler sales
for the entire year was greater than
for any proceeding year. The t.
crease will approximate 40 per cent,
but this is entirely due to the higher
average price, as no greater number
of cars has been produced. The
output has been twenty-five hun
dred cars"
This announcement by Mr. Jeffery
is interesting because the volume
of Rambler motor car sales. when
ever made public by this company,
is usually accepted by the trade as q
barometer of automobile sales con.
ditions for that period.
This is because Rambler sales are
quite evenly distributed over ali
sections of the country. owing tc
the extent of the Rambler sales or.
ganization, and due to the fact that
the Rambler business is so firmly es.
tablished that conditions exertina
greater influence upon younger con.
Germs could not effect this one.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-01-05
The Careful Sentry.

The young private had been post
ed as sentry on G squadron stables.
But, To-, when the sergeant of the
guard came round on his visit he
was nowhere to be The ser
geant was about to depart to make
inquiries when there came a rus
Ting noise from a heap of straw and
the sentry stood before him minus
his boots and looking very sleepy.
Hello" cried the sergeant
'Herc YOU are. Ell? Where were
you when | came round just now
"Marchin' round" was the sen.
try's reply, given in tones of o
scious virtue.
"Marchin' round. were you? Why
you've got your boots Off"
"les. sergeant took 'em OF
sos | shouldn't wake the '"~ses"-
London Tit-Bits,
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-01-05
THE Defender Of Cameron Dam

THE Defender Of Cameron Dam
the great comedy drama founded on
incidents in the celebrated Dictz
case in Northern Wisconsin. which
comes to the Miller Opera House on
Thursday night. January IL. will
give the playgoers OF this city the
opportunity to witness a production
that has been termed by the news
papers Of st. Paul, Milwaukee,.
Minneapolis and Chicago as the
Dramatic Success of the Season"
A great scenic production. there is
not a dull moment in Hoyt's great
masterpiece. The blowing up IF
Cameron Dam. the Siege Of the
homestead and the Surrender of the
Defender of Cameron Dam and his
family are faithfully portrayed and
characterized by a company of play
ers that has won the highest praise
from the metropolitan critics.