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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-04
AasnIls 1Ir Ncnnhle.

To the Editor of The Times Dispatch:
Substantially has said that the
worn more damage 10 the object Of
its sohcitude than the activity OF
many open enemies The friends 81
Senator Martin in this city are greatly
perturbed at the somewhat ferocions
defense of that gentleman by Mr.. w
II. Nenable, corporation attorney
here. 1t is felt that the tervent and
even frenzied outpourings OF Mr.. Ven
able through the columns Of the V!r-
ginian- Pilot. Il Norfolk morning news
paper are calculated 10 lose the organ
iZation many votes and may actually
bring about the defeat of Mr.. Martin
In two interminahle letters Mr.. Ven
able affects to reply TO the arguments
q AR. Jones. but it is all too plain
TO the discerning eye that he deals IN
adroit sophlstries and obscures sit
nation which he intended 10 enltGhten.
Mr.. Jones. as we kr. 1w. has taken a
few filings at the corporation nanipu-
lation of State affairs in the past. This
question has become rather serious
one in the average mind and, there
fore. the entrance OF leading corpo-
ration attorney in the arena OF poll
tics with a fervent and prayerful APP
peal for the. organiza tons leading
candidate Is by the rank and hlc OF
the machine viewed with dismay
and alarm as possible source OF
friction. The construction placed upon
Mr. Fenablc's letters leads to belief
IN the puD!!c MIND that that gentle
man is looking out for the main
chance. and Is obsessed with the no
ton OF the great desirability that the
lives OF man devoted to corpora lion
laDors should be made more COM
Portable and their material future
made more secure.
Perhaps the most damaging portion
of Mr.. Venable's letter concerns pas
sage in which. however. innocent his
intention. there is a dangerous sug-
gestion of disdain for the working
man. In replying TO one Mr.. C S
Hewitt. who very effectively disposed
OF Mr.. Venable's arguments. the lat
ter gentleman dwelt at undue length
upon the fact OF Mr.. Hewitt's occupa-
tion. that OF fisherman at Ocean View
Whatever the purpose In Mr. Venable's
mind of Introducing an item totally
irrelevant To the subject, adroitly as 1t
was done. the impression is left on
the mind OF the reader of the intention
to make an insinuation 1of suggestive
contrast between the humble vocation
of fisherman and the lofty labor of
corporation attorney 1t is felt that
this. in connection with the balance
of Mr.. Venables catapult contentious
ness will ALLEVIATE the labor vote to n
very appreciable extent
sILAs wEGG.
Norfoll,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-04
AN IMPORTANT CASE.

No less momentous and far-reaching
than the late decisions of the United
States Supreme Court In the Standard
Oil and tobacco trust cases will be
q decision which will probably be
handed down ais fall by the nino
Gowned men who determine the dos
tiny of legislation in this republic.
The coming decision Will involve no
determination OF the constitutionality
the initiative. referendum and recall
The Pacific States Telephone and Tele-
graph Company has appealed to tho
supreme Court against decision OF
the oregon Supreme Court affirming
the constitutionality OF the initiative
and referendum in the case OF law
which Was passed by. those methods.
and which requires the payment to the
State of an annual tax of . per cent.
upon the gross receipts OF the COM
pany.
Tho point raised is that since the
Federal Constitution makes no refer
ence 10 the initiative and referendum.
therefore. DIRECT les!slat ton by any
State is unconstitutional.
This is more than mere academic
question IT is Just as we'll that the
issue has been clearly presented to
ttis supreme Court SO early in the ca
reer OF the direct legislation movement
in this country What win the nine
Justices at Washingt ton have 10 say
about the wisdom OF allowing 9O,Ooo.0oo
people to ieg!sla;e Tor themselves, if
they wish to?
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or sixteen. man of the name OF
Seims, who was in nowise connected,
even remotely. with the princeIv am,
noble family of that name. Before
they had been married year he
abandoned her. owing TO her behavior
ana died some years later here in
America, Ere long she became not
merely privately but publicly asso-
Grated with the elderly Marquis d.
PommereuN. and her lights with other
women about him. as we'll as her
sensational rivalries with the lovely
creole Nine Asselin. for the'afections
oil old schneider. the great ironmaster
OF Creusot. and president OF the Leg
islative Assembly "a, Paris. led Napo-
leon III, who was certainly no pru4a
TO have her expelled from French ter
rtory She thereupon took herself TO
i'aly' where, happening to make the
ACQUAINTANCE Of the then Italian
premier. Urban Ratazzi the elder. she
'nfatuat ted the old man to such a de-
gree that IN defiance OF the entreat!es
oil King Victor Emmanuel IL and OF
M, reiatiVes and friends, he made her
MS Wife. AS Nine. Katazzi, she p,1t.
iished a novel entitled "Bicheville." in
winch she satirized the Fiorentine ar.
lstocracy who had given her the cold
shoulder. which involved her and her
aged husband, the Premier. in all sort,
oil quarrels, ana he was Obliged 10
night duel on account of this book
with the Florentine Marquis Pepou
In which he was wounded Ratazzt
died in 1873. and his widow thereupon
returned to Paris. from which Sapo-
Icon III had meanwhile been driven
by the republic. subsequently, She
married Spanish politician OF the
name OF de Rute. who died few
years afterwards. Not q year passed
without her being involved in some
lawsuit or scandal. most OF them OF
rlo!cuious or OF an unsavory char
acter; some arising from the relent:
iessness OF her writing, which led her
on one occasion TO be sentenced to
Imprisonment for the criminal libel of
Old Queen Isabeila's brother-in-law
the universally respected, Cuban.
porn spanish Senator Guell Rentc
StyHng herself in turn princess
Marie Bonaparte," to which title she
had no right. Princess" Solms
which was equally without warrnn,'
Marie Wyse," which led to her re-
quotation by the Wyse family In the
London Times; by the pen name of
baron Stock" the only names that
she can ever be said TO have really
legally owned were those of Nine
RataZ@i and of Nine. De Rutc 1t was
as Nine Ratazzi. however, that she
was most widely known. and the scan
oals IN which she was constantly be-
coming involved. in Paris. in London
IN fact' everywhere in Europe. were n
source Of perpetual distress to the late
Urban Ratazzt. her nephew by mar
rage who deplored the manner in
winch his otherwise honored family
mulie was being dragged In every Eu-
ropean and Levantine gutter
Copyright 1911. by the Brent
wood Company
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UNDERTAKE..

The President is now advocating an
increase in the salaries OF the justices
of the United States Supreme Court.
He would make the compensation s2S.-
600 the year. a few years ago. the
justices were paid $4,000 each, with
an extra $500 for the Chief Justice.
All these amounts have been increased
by s2,5o0. so that the Chief Justice
now gets $4,000 and the justices si2,-
500. 1t is urged that the professional
attachments OF the court. the social
demands upon it. the higher cost OF
living and the rate of salaries paid in
other professions and other depart
meGts of the Government render it de-
strable that the Presidents proposal
should be adopted. The President says
that the members OF our most august
tribul II ought not TO be dependent
upon lecturing in law schools and
other such eXpedients for eking out
"a salary that only enables them to
live" 1t is an interesting fact that
the state of New York pays its SUI
preme Court justices Sl7, 500 the year.
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GIN MEN ~ NEW YORK.

10 a greater aes'ee than any other
sl'S =" 'he o"''ed states Ne" YORK
nus oeeh toFeeo to reai'ze the necessity
OF putting stop to the carrying OF
e',ieeaie' weapons
.e 90 ''',e' ~ me ponce mat at
'oV''oo Ne" YORK nousehoiders
-. VS. ~ "''''''oh TO TINS there
-'S,''V mugs "'sn"aE-
WHO "'" .
N'''N e''eN Ne'poHS' ""ootih8
,,o,, sa"sS are
-''''''''' 'eSo'' 10 'he pistol Tor IN
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Lester Manor.
MnrtIn,s R,cI,mond sneccl

To the Editor of The Times Dispatch:
Sir,-Senator Martins speech In
disappointment to his friends nnc
supporters; for. reduced to Its simplest
terms. 1t amounts to a mere denial Oh
the charges brought against him an6
a bitter denunciation OF. his opponent
But there is one glaring instance In
that speech OF q cunning attempt tc
dodge the issue. when Mr.. Martin
claims that II there vert a corruption
fund-a yellow dog fnnd---ln 1891
Mr.. Jones was as much its beneficiary
as anybody.
Senator MARTA knows perfectly web
that Mr.. Jones does not apply the term
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A RETURN TO THE PRIMITIVE.

That the direct legislation by the
people" we hear so much about is
really the Oldest kind OF government
and is not at all new is the striking
statement discussed IN the following
ed!tor!a! article from the Cleveland
Leader:
Senator Clapp. Of Minnesota. saws
tAat IN a fundamental sense tho initia-
I'VE and referendum is tho old way ~
governing ond representative govern
ment is the new. He declares ,hat
long before there We're such things as
Far!iaments and Legislatures the peo-
pie came together and settled all oues-
lions OF government for themselves.
1T Is even 30. Sometimes they came
with swords and nometimes with
weapons. There might be a show Of
hands. or there might be rios or a
battle. Questions OF government
which meant the control OF the prom.
erty Of the tribe or the use OF It's
hghting men. were decided on the suuy
OF the moGent, under the influence of
the loudest and most effective talker
or the fear OF the most Formidable
threats. There was no delegated au-
thority no time for doliberation. no
chance for reflection.
verify the new is facing back to-
ward the old. The thing which is
called progressive may bark back 10
primitive ways and conditions. In this
case II aims at the restoration OF the
spirit II not the form Of the ancient
order whom there was no special scl6c-
Ton and litte special preDarauop Tor
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TO the Editor OF The Times Dispatch;
Sif,-In an interview given out by
senator Claude a Swanson, In which
ne denies the charges made against
him by Hon. Carter Glass. as TO tho
late Senator Daniel holding him In
sucn Impression could have been made
on the minds OF any gentleman VINO
was present at the last State Demo-
cratic Convention, held at Roanoke to
send delegates to the national conven-
non. II was then that Governor swan
son was champ!oning tho cause OF "
}. Bryan, and Daniel and Martin that
OF Governor Johnson, or Minnesota.
and when II was made clear to all
tnat W. j. Bryan would secure an in
structed delegation in hts interest Sem
ator Daniel addressed the convention
ana alluded TO Swanson rs tho braing
young Governor OF Virginia. and
said that he would soon pass from tho
political stage. and predicted that
senator Daniels remarks could only
be construed. as complimentary to Mr..
swanson. and OF the most friendly ma
lure. II Mr. Jones, Mr.. Glass, or any
otE.-T citizen OF Virginia, had been
the favoEite OF Senator Daniel for the
seat ne then occupied IN the Senate
of the United States, he failed 20 men
Claude =. Swanson then and there as
his successor, and what he predicted
mas come TO pass. No one for mo-
ment believes that Senator Daniel was
a hypocrite. and for any one to try
and make the impression that he was
political enemy OF Mr.. Swanson, at
ter his praise OF Mr.. Swanson in tho
as such s. NJ NEWHOUSE
Culpeper, Va
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-04

''yellow dog" fund to that used FOR
party campaign purposes. but TO the
iund believed 10 have been raised and
used to corrupt the Legislature in tile
interest OF the corporations, which
We're iightlng the Kent bill When a
senator can stoop to resort 10 a dis
honest uuibole in order to becloud AN
straits.
Every ,nan OF Intelligence who WIS
Ola enough 70 remember the election
OF Mi. Martin to his tirst term in tho
aeMutc Vail recall the shock and sur
PRISE winch shook the state when the
electorate discovered that an obscure
attoines save to mis- eni-
pioyers and Il rev othtrs-who had no
proved Iua!incauons Tor such hig.n
oihce, had ieapel over tho heads OF
trieF and true Democrats. veteran
statesmen. VIM aspircd to the senator
snip. Common sense can. FORM no
other opinion Than mat such q result
could De accomplished only by u crook
ed deal.
AIR. Martin may dismiss MIR. Jones
charges lightly as he pIeases, but
ne spou!d take notice that these
charges nave not only been made, but
are sustained by convincing evidence,
ana IN MS Richmond speech 1 think
MT. Martins most ardent worshiper
can scarcely claim that he offered any
thlnB substantial in rcbuttal Tho
senator's Nenunciation OF MIR. Jones
Ior speaking unexpectedly OF thu
gubernatoriai oiilce and its present in
cumDeht Is luuicrous; when every self
siDIe man knows that By 4 shrewd
Trick paradox was wrought ana
preacher and gambler, bartender and
pron!bltionist were made TO combine
III support or William H. Mann. Verify.
as the late Senator Carmack said,
>IheS accomplished the impossible,
made the lion and the lamb lie down
together, mixed oil and water, and
bottle"
The Martin ring IS In full posses.
sion OF all the election machinery, ano
II ''ili surprise no one II IL should once
more win temporary victory at the
polls. but It's days are numbered
me orgdn!zatIon which has for its
OBJECT the preservation and en!argc-
Inent or special privilege. and which
mas for i,s foundation tho shifting
SANDS OF fraud and treachery, VIII
surely ran when the Aerce wind OF
awakened popular resentment begins
10 beat upon 1t. and great VIII be- tho
TALL OF it,
II Is source of sadness 10 patriotic
Nrg!n!ans that the Old Dominion, tho
Mother OF states and Statesmen.-
should be found lagglpS far behind her
sisters In driving out OF her temple
those VINO nave made IL den of
thieves. out we VIII hope while there
the old Commonwealth will take her
once iilustrlous place at the front &c.
tain!y shc can never regain her pres
uge unit! her hands are clean and her
house Set In order
Respectfully.
Gum Springs, Va
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COURTESY REWARDED.

"A man in haggy trousers with a
fringe on his cus- asked year ago
to he shown through the wards OF
the Hahnemann Hospital in New York
Tho superintendent courteously took
him through and treated him as II no
had been clad in purple and fine linen.
The unknown visitor proved TO be
Mitchell Valentine. who died lately
and bequeathed 100000 for the de.
partmenis OF medicine and surgery in
the institution
Yet some people say thai politeness
does not pay
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Norfolk
Where DID He Get ,Em:

To the Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
S!r,-May /, a. an outsider, ask u
few questions about this great contest
between Mr.. Martin and MIR. Jones for
Il seat in the United states Senate ?
While so much has been said, yet it
said. Has Mr.. Jones given any as
surance that he viii! represent the
State, including the corporations
which form a part of it, as Mr.. Mar
tin has? Is there no higher grounds
for Mr.. Jones to base his plea for
support. than that Mr.. Martin is un-
worthy? Has the Democratic party in
Virginia nothing TO offer for so eXaIt-
ed an office but the lesser of two evils?
Has Mr.. Jones been in public life ali
OF these years anu never sought cam
paign funds from any source, and
never written any letters soliciting
such funds? and If he has done So
why has Mr.. Martin not his private
letters to read before the public? Can
you find out the source from which Mr.
Jones got those letters? If so give
majority of men i'll this State love
fair play and square deal Let us
have all OF the information. And if
the only reason can be given why
Mr.. Martin shall not succeed himself
is the method j'y which he was elected
eighteen years ago. will MIR. Jones's
method II he succeeds in defeating
him stand the Same length of test? II
seems to me that II Mr.. Martin has
served the State well. has been faithful
TO the trust impoLed upon him during
all Of these years, we should let the
past be forgotten. which, as to methods
In elections, reflects no credit to the
Democratic party.
e. L. YANcEY,
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Voice of the PEOPLE


To the Editor OF The TIMES. o,sn.,o,.
a,,r.,.. We OF the common people have
Of ,ba c thought that it was the pari
2her guilty OF crime In rcadin, tbt
90. 800 comments on the progress OF tht
5 oiaII OF OF Henry G. Beattie. Jr. it j.
convicted before he is s shown Is % oeine
Sulity II this is not the case. wiz
IS IL that the reports make SO mncS
c .. eSen the least detail of the so.
IN SO very sparins Of expressions OF
interest when a turn In the eyiaence
Sr9Ees slight gain in favor OF the
r. a2Inef 1T appears to como of your
eauels that the proper thing for a
new.Sspaper TO do is 10 give the facts
n the case as they are brought out in
m me .fia a.; and and to leave out the com.
cause most of what the latter intpo.
ouSes Is drawn from the Imagination.
ana Is often hardly sustained by the
a aaG me prisoner is up for his life,
70 convict or FREQ him. The evidence
so far published admits OF a varv
strong doubt Tho strong" Witnesses
ror me Commonwealth are of shadowy
round that it is wiser and better. in
any ana every case. to form no i'm
ERICSSON sidss IN or op!inion, until after both
better for an individual to do this. ana
you Will agree that 1t is. ii must be
more important fol a newspaper 10
IolloW the same safe and sane rule II
Beattie Is guilty hey md a doubt" he
should be punished: but let us Out.
s!aers not create. even Inadvertently.
an atmosphere SO sitting that 1t may
perchance cause Ssyt to- free end
fair trial Public opinion run mad
not infrequently works harm.
In closing, II might not be out of
place TO say that Judge Watson's i'm
partial rulings have made for him
many any friends READER.
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the Cox amer imohts beng for the
hire OF skilled mechanics % take care
OF the valuable government ordnance
material in possession OF these bat
terles, and also providing representa-
ton for the artillery on tie military
board. He refused to support these
amendments, stains. that Il gentleman
in another part OF the state opposed
them And Notwithstanding the fact
that he was asker II tie Richmond
Ho~itzers ana R-camond Light lntan-
try Blues were NJ. his constituents,
ana MS attention called TO the tact
that the Sent.c...an vS "hVse advice
he was acting was not his const.tu-
emf ana not vote. -. tho city. dld
refuse to. and did not: yo.e foc the
measures ABOVE men-., ned affecting
tne Richmond HoWisEeIs
Notwithstanding the fact that this
amendment was KIM u At. that ti,Ls. ,ae
Military Bcaru ..,s sintv seer. the
necessity for the .ppropi .atltn asked
for ami has granted IT.
Who does Nr Montague represent
Who diu he .epresent then? Certainly
Not Richmond. MILITIA VOTER.
Richmond.
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the tasks and duties OF life. 1t sug-
gests the ages when every man was
his own carpenter. his own blacksmith.
his own farmer, his own tailor and
his own teacher.
He was not skilled In all these vo-
cations. He did no; make success
of talf he undertook He botched his
work and made little progress. But
he was free from any danger OF mis-
representation. He had his own way.
even If 1t killed him and left h!s chill
dren TO starve 1t was all very crude
and laundering and incompetent. hut
IT was certainly direct"
1t might be added that he found
such legislation unwieldy and unsat
isfactory. too transient. too unsystem-
attic. There is reason for repre-
sentati' democracy.
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suy. swanson preslaentIul Timber.

To the Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
SRI have been reading the papers
closely Tor some time. l have never
seen such campaign as Messrs. Jones
and Glass are conducting. Everything
they nave TO say IS sianderng our
honorable Senator'S Martin and swan.
son. They have not said one WORD
what they will do II elected. Thcy
are simply after ottce-sena torial
honors 1t is pity TO have such men
in the grand old State Of Virginia
They are creating disturbance among
the peace loving people of virginia
can't help but say / won't vote at
all before / Will vote for such men
They won't do. Nov. as TO Alr. swan
son. know the family. They are
the hes; people in the grand old state
OF Virginia, good stock. honest, big
hearted. the poor mans friend. Is vel!
as the rich Mr.. Swanson is man
OF ability. strong intellectually. one
OF the greatest men that Virginia ever
produced. i hope some day to see him
President OF the United States Let
every man that is a man. that wants
to see Virginia prosper. vote for Claude
Swanson 1t viii be the Sreatest
calamity since the civil War for swan
son not To be elected.
W. +. FULTON.
AJ,op
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DEFECTIVE RAILS AND THE TARIFF

What has the tariff 10 90 with defec-
tive rails IKE the one which caused
one OF the worst derailments OF late
years on the Lehigh Valley system?
That IS a matter which ought to be
considered by every railroad traveller.
The Interstate Commerce Commission,
according to the Providence Journal.
proposes 10 find out whether or not air
holes in rails can be detected before
they are subjected TO the hammering
Of heavy engines The reports that
rsllrc-S managers have had reason for
oritic!zing the quality of rails calls tor
drastic inquiry Into the processes
Of the steel monopoly. The Interstate
Commerce commiss'o. will be sup
ported by public opinion in taking any
action which bids fair TO give any
new light on the Lehigh Valley de-
rai!ment The Commission, however,
is without power TO remove or alter
one Of the main causes OF the deterio-
ration of American products-the tariff
under which tina steel manufacturers
petition and sos are enabled To deliver
rails which represent maximum profits
with quality as q secondary consider
alton.
A revision Of the tariff is required
for the good of the buyers of rails and
other commodities. The Payne Aldrich
sche es practically cut out co.npe-
tition The consumer ;p this way is
doubiy imposed upon. He rs made to
pay the price of high grade articles
and to take inferior gooas- TIE old
theory that under cofnpeti'iaR hdrne
manufacturers would compete With
each other, and that this competition
would guarantee normal prices is no
longer convincing. Manufacturers elm.
PLY agree to charge whatever the tar
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Mr. Montague and the M,if,,.

10 the Editor of The Times Dispatch:
OF Richmond to know that the Hon
Hin Montague. when in the Legisla-
ture,. session 1908. was approached by
of this city, and asked to support GER
tain amendments offered by the Hon.
Edwin r. Cox to a bill providing an
appropriation for the state militia.
which amendments provided! additional
funds for the Richmond Iowitzers and
the artillery located In Norfolk and
Portsmouth Composing the field ar
-proprlated to these organizations By
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Champ Clark has been discussing
the Presidents lately. Garfield. Adams
and Jefferson he characterIzes as the
greatest scholars of the nation"
EN-President Roosevelt can be clse,-
ed with t!'Sse three. as he knows a
little about more things than any hu-
man being Being an editor. he
should.
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Qucresnro.

Who was oueretaro. and when did no
write the treaty? CIVIC
Cueretaro is the name OF a city In
Mexico. where the treaty OF peace be.
tween the United States and Mexico
was signed at the close OF the Mexican
War.