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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-20
Voice Of the p ople
For the RccalI Of JudEcs..

To the Editor of The Times Dlspatch
Stiff the bench" is so feeble. so
debilitatcd. so inefficient and incense
quclt. being rclcGated 10 that of mere
ly recording secretary in It's functions,
why rhnnds off ?" Why not hands on?
How comes 1t the Judge has no live
part III the proceedings? Why is It
he sits demure!N. a weaklinS. while
the chief OF the counsel for the defense
the PROSTATE form of Justice. and says
TO the heavy proved. sinlster-eye
criminal and the defiant and implac-
able trusts. You are at liberty. | set
yon free, go and prosecute YOUR ne.
farious and cXecrablc atrocitics''?
Who has Shorn, the Judge Of his vest
ed powers who should hold iurisdic-
ton over this trial? Who has siienced
his voice. that il Is no longer reson-
ant with sovereignty? Who has bound
him hand and foot. while the criminal
proceedings run on for thirty or forty
days. and he. defenseless. looks on.
impatient to put an end to notorious
farce?
Has the recall rendered him inert?
How have the people restricted his
activities? Is 1t not in the very con
dition OF which YOU complain In your
editorial of the 18th. that the cause OF
the recall finds 1T existence?
There is strange .nconSruity here
II this Judge is a vassal now how are
our liberties the more menaced when
he is answera bic direct TO the people i?
When do the people fail TO judge cor
rectly? Are we not willing 10 intrust
our liberty in their keeping? Then Wa
are not progressing toward restora ton.
FRANKLIN.
r, i,,b,~ood tii II
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establish. There has, not been so re-
freshtns and Illuminating . debate
Tor NearsJso many sharp passages be-
tween tho manufacturers and the
merchants. and all OF the highest cdu-
catiNe Value to the people who make
the cotton and the Legislatures which
mus, hnd some way TO protect buy
ers, sellers and producers. This is a
matter which should be settled out OF
court and wilnout the aid of re-
strlctlve and regula,ive legislation,
There is greu, merit in the exchanges,
there is no specia, harm in futures
hn, the men who grew the cotton, irs,S
in order. and the men WHO make up
the cotton into yarn and cloth are
surely as much entitled to considcra-
tion as the SPECTATORS who make lilo
market what they want by selling
what they haven't got.
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The SEM Of Virginia.

To the Editor of The Times Dispat ch
Sir,-Rccently read your editorial
on "A Rumored Proposition TO Change
the Present Seal of This Common
wealth by the Next Legislature Your
adverse criticism, also tendency on
the part of several correspondents to
agree with you, leads one to doubt your
knowledge of the fact that the pres
ent seal OF Virginia is not the original
seal, in use prior TO and during the
War Between the States.
learned this from an Interesting
and instructive address by General T.
T. Munford, at the Confederate re-
union IN Norfolk last October. General
Munford's father wns the custodian OF
the great seal Of Virginia. and from
his address I learned that the present
seal was adopted by the Pierpont ad
ministrntion while Virginia was MILF
tary District No. /.
PHIL F. BROWN.
Hlue Ridge Springs. Va.
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THE MoRMoNs AnE AFTER Us,

Something terrible is always going
to happen. One day. the Japanese are
J on the point of landing Japanese troops
in California. the next the United
states will be compelled to avenge It's
slaughtered saints done TO death on
the MeNican border, and we have La
Toilette always with us, not to speak
Of Jonathan Bourne and Gum shoe
BILL when he is really in action, is
enough to make the hravcst shake in
his goloshes, II is double double toll
and trouble; fire burn. and cauldron
bubble
| The latest thing to keep the country
awake o'nighis is the adoption Of
resolution by the Wisconsin Leglsla-
ture memoriallztng Congress 10 pro-
vide for an amendment to the Consti-
( tuition prohibiting polygamy. because,
/ as Assemblyman Gettle, progressive
Republican. the author of the resolu-
1 ton, declares: The Mormons are en-
/ deavorinG 10 get control OF this coun
/ try by the use OF money" In his
| opinion, "the influence Of the Mormon
/ Church is greater than that OF Wall
! Street. with which ii is allied. as is
shown hy the seating Of Senator
Smoot." We do not know how that Is.
/ not having any relations In Wall
I Street direct or remote but we have
heard through some of the Society
columns of our Metropolitan contem.
poraries that certain prominent people
In that Street have been on rather in
tmate terms with more than one wife.
! so TO say. at a time. and without seem.
ing to affect their general standing
in the community
II is utter nonsense, however. to talk
about the Mormons buying up the
country for polygamy by the use OF
money They haven't got enough 1t
took something like $4,000 900 10 de-.
feat MIR. Bryan in 1896, or these wero
I the iigules agreed upon at the time
as about the approximate cost of his
defeat. and a very large nnrt OF this
] Immense sum was pu; up. as generally
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-20

q lii'le more than i've years passed
away between the beginning o.
me prosecution Of the STANDARD OIL
compa ny and the decision in the case.
The action taken is briefly outlined
below.
Januar, %. -A,,orneyoener
Moody announced the prosecution
November 10. l906-Dtssolntion pro
e;e'iedinss Instituted In The Circuit COR,
at 81 Louis iii
sep,smper II lso7--rir.t te.,Imon,
taken al Nov York. ta.
November Is, loos--John u Rncke
feller testified.
January %, 1905 Final testimony
taken 81 Chicago. 3a
March 4 lsos--Government MES ii.
hricf
Anrn 5. 1909 Arguments begun 4,
81. Louis.
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i! June /. leoa--Suits taken under nd
! visement hy The court.
November 80, iooa--standarl Oil de
clared to be an illegal combination and
ordered dissolved
December Il, laos--The standard oil
appealed to the United States Supreme
1, Court
!. March IA, lalo-supreme coar, heard
the appeal
March le. isio-closins arguments
! made
April II. ielo-case ordered re-
argued by tho Supreme Court.
January II. lell--suit reargued
May Is, i?il-pccision rendered n
This case was supposed to test
the effectiveness OF existent. laws
against trusts and monopo,ies. /; vas
much to be desired that ii be brought
TO Just and successful end as soon
as possible. It's great importance and
The mass OF material to be examined
necessarily involved time as well MS
care and caution. but oven while TAX
Ing all This into account, one can hard
~ escape the conclusion that it was
too long drawn out. The issue Was un.
important as compared with the test.
AS The Macon Telegraph says. 1T is
necessary TO know whether existing
laws or new laws are needed
One Of the chief reasons for this
iH'' Hdous delay Is that the higher
re have too much work to do The
United states Supreme Cour, is almost
five Years behind its docket. During
the present term ii decided 500 cases
and LOCO new ones we're put on the
docket
The mos, serious cause OF the delay
is that our legal processes have y cen
devised in the interest OF the defense
rather than for the prosecution. There
fore. where command of money is not
limited, and whore the hest legal talent
may he secured, Judges cannot always
avoid delay
On the real fault OF the situation
tho -iacon Telegraph makes the hest
statement that we have seen:
we may add that complete Justice
VIII not reign III our Tribunals until
the poor man. as readily rs the rich
man, can command both tho costly
processes OF appeal and the services of
the strongest legal talent. This is the
reform tina, Is most needed-the reform
that will make assured fact of the in
dennite theory that the Standard Oil
Company, or the individual muiti-nil-
lionaire. has no better chance in court
than the funniest citizen The latter.
at present. irrespective OF the merits
OF his case. cannot appeal from a
lower I" higher court al all unless
he can raise sufficient sum TO com
mand the necessary legal processes. In
a future era the State will come to the
aid OF such a man"
That is the Sort of Socialism which
no man can Justly criticize.
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Richmond.
Sick Of wnr-rlme necollections.

To the Editor of The Times Dispatch
Sir am addressing YOU in a dou-
bic sense-as an American OF ColoIxal
ancestry, and as newspaper man who
is not entirely unknown. The Enclosed
letter, n copy of one which sent TO
the New York Tribune several DAYS
aso, will explain itself For some rea-
son that august tribunal has declined
10 publish it--perhaps on the theory
that "a guilty conscience needs no ac-
cusern
BE that as Il may. am sending 1t
10 you. with the hope that you Will
publish 1t. sta ting that the Tribune ma S
declined to do so.
oRvILLE G VICTOR
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Nvoopnow M:IIsnN III .run H.

WOODROW WILSON IN THE WEsy.
woodrow Wilson has firm hold
not a strange hold. is true. but a
firm hold, on his modesty. When he
was asked In Portland Oregon. Thurs
day whether or not he would be A
candidate for the Democratic nomina
ton for President in 1912. he made this
reply;"I certainly have not the au
dacity 70 seek the nomna ton. but no
man Is too big TO refuse It." That is
10 say, he wouldn't run from it, he is
not afraid Of it-he is not afraid Of
anything or anyhody-a lie IS tbs
best fitted man for the job who has
Eei been, named for the place. eycept-
ms always of course. our FIRST love
con The day after the last Presidential
election. let it not be forgotten, We
said Il firsp the Hon William Jen-
.iiings Bryan
The present expedition of the Gov
ernor of New Jersey has nothing to do
Win the nomination He has mada
q good many speeches and has been
compelled TO touch upon some OF the
great issues of the day. but the kew.
note OF his tourney was struck In his
opening address al Kansas CITY when
ne discussed with great ability and
ciearness The relation of the nible 10
Progress No one who was makinr
an active campaign FOR the Presidential
nomination from either of the two
great noii,ical parties would select a
subject like that for m opening.
In his address to the Press club al
Portland the school teacher, who has
unlearned in the few months since he en-
tered the Political field what he taught
his students for twenty years in The
class room talked about The @oregon
'%siein which, is said to have hrougn,
ne Government. much nearer to the
people, and which he lauded highly.
and '''ook occasion toremark tina. he
was not at all in accord with me re
cell system as invoked on the j,idl-
! cinry' From which ii would appear
that he Is recovering himself. and tina,
the ieaven 0: the class room is still
strong within aim. The bes, way for
| him 70 SET tho nomination IS 10 stand
y The old Ways and to follow in the
ancient paths The people OF the coun.
try are sick OF fads
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-20
GOOD PLACE FOR 4 TWILIGHT

There Is contention about a strip
OF land which was washed over into
Texas from the Mexican side when the
Rio Grnnde was on one OF its period :
ical sprees. and over which the un!I ed
states has been exercising jurisdiction.
/ against the peace and dignity and in
ternational rights OF our neighboring
republic. II is said to be worth some
thing like seven million dollars more
or less, and MEXICO wants Ii. and. as
it is part OF Texas. Mexico ought to
have It.. There will then be more OF
Texas than this country can. with any
regard to safety. assimilate.
If there is to be any more nghting
ion the frontier. and frequent scraps
may be looked FOR after Madero takes
charge, some bullets are almost certain
TO fly over into American territory, and.
while the disputed strip is being adj
ljusted we would suggest that IT
might be well for the two countries
10 establish sort OF twilight
zone so wide that bullets shot
on one side cannot 80 over to the other
side. upon which zone neither side
could trespass in future target prac-
tice. 1t might he called No Mans
, Land and over II as Governor, acting
under the protection of Mexico. on the
one hand. and of the United States on
the other, we would suggest that Cone
Johnson be erected
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-20

Out in Nebraska there is what Is
called q Progressive Republican
League. and It has proposed to nomi-
nate The Colonel for President In 1912,
who has written an earnes, letter to
My Dear Mr.. shotwell'' expressing
his appreciation of the good feeling
thai has inspired the suggestion: hut
protesting that any such movement
would very deeply emharrass him. and
insisting that you and any other
friends have shall do all in their
power to prevent any such movement"
The construction of this statement is
not the hest but the idea Is clear, and
It Is hoped that MY Dear shotwelT'
will take The Colonel at his word this
time
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errr,Nc Oh wlrneur p1chlNsnN

GETTING on WITHOUT DICKINSON.
Before the end OF the month IL is
expected that peace viii prevail
throughout the Repubiic Of Mexico.
Diaz having Welded 10 the Inevitable
and announced his determination 10
surrender the office OF President of
tha, country. We are Very sorry for
him. but sorrier for MEXICO. which as
it stands to-day, is the work OF his
hands Madero thinks that he viii he
chosen to be his Successor. but Madc:o
AS an executive onice. has not boen
tested He has attained distinction rs
a destroyer; but as we happen TO know
IN the United states by tile experiences
'cf seven years OF Irresponsible admins
iSirAiton II is far easier 10 pun down
than II is 10 build up. IT Diax had
thought more of his personal fortunes
than Of tho good nf his country. and
had strengthened his political power
by establishing and maintaining an
effective standing army, the revolution
would have died horning. As it is.
his service 10 NleNico has been reward
Cd by his failure at the height Of his
glory
rhe point We wish 10 make nov.
however, is that the lion. Jacob Me-
Gavock Dickinson will realize. in view
q the cessation Of hostilitics In Mex
100. that the President was wholly JUS
iiied in declining TO accept Ills omer
to remain at his post until this cruel
war was over. 1t wasn't necessary
but for the looks of things. ii is to be
hoped that our new War Lord, the Hon.
Harry |. stimson. will not claim any of
the credit which belongs to his prede-
resssor for the successful conduct OF
the manoenvres on the Texan frontier.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-20

a London medical authority on d.
sestive matters Is o: opinion that sing
ing a song Is "a better way to promote
good appetite than drinking some
thing before the meal. He says that
to sing Just before meal changes the
air in the lungs and expands them in
q most beneficial way 1t also in
ereases the normal muscular develop.
ment of the stomach and chest. Very
good hut 1t Will be rather novel
sight to go into a cafe In the evening
ana near The men and women raising
The tune of Casey Jones" or Every
Little Movement The only trouble
about hont II would be that 1t would prob
ably detFact from the pleasure one ha
in hearing the rich eat
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Haven't seen anything like Ii since
left home" said a cotton mil man
from South Carolina. or some other
state in the torrid belt. yesterday.
while descanting upon the genial
warmth of our summer weather in
richmond II makes things grow; il
keeps the pores omen. it induces one TO
think Of the predictions of the temper
atn:e sharps last Winter. who declared
ina we should really have cool spells
along about now.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-20

An entirely new light has been
thrown on the Mecklenbure DecIara
ton by the Raleigh Times, which as
serts that It is not true that down IN
Charlotte they take en- Off, on the
Twentieth OF May for the reason that
since l7I5. or thereahouts, they have
never put EN- on. Which proba biz
accounts for the cold in the head :
habit which many persons have noted
70 be characteristic Of the Descend
ants"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-20

ScnonpurB, Stahieck and RheinStcin. 1t
Is made tho chief commercial river Of
Europe by numerous canals. extending
Its navigation to many leading cities
Tallcst Chimney.
What Is tho taliest chimney? j. H.
Is still being mentioned as the tail.
est" AS a matter OF fact The chin
nH 9nt OF ON me Smelling works at Butte
loftier than any other. 1t is SOS feel.
n height above the ground, with
creasing gradually TO the base.
Size OF Counties
!, , Are American n counties smaller than
Counties in America average : small W.
er than In Europe. The United States
has about 5000. of which Texas cIains
Sis. while Delaware has only three
New YORK City includes four counties.
with total area OF bout 33T square
miles 90 800
Disenscn md Climate.
Do diseases vary with climate If
not countries and of cold countries
!, AttemP.s have been made 70 CLASSIFY ia
ing been The Geography OF Disea 90"
by E'raniS G. Clemow. British physician
a. q G9,nssantinopl< Cancer. diafrhoeai
l.
ieProsy. rheuma tiSm typhoid fever. hi.
o.LculoSls whooping cough and many
otneTs nave occurred at some tina In
almost every inhabited land Some dis.
eases. IKE scarlet fever and dlph;hcria.
are FOUND TO be practically confined
10 temperate Or cool climates, Whoop-
ing cough. cerebro- spinal fever. rhn,,
inatism fever. scurvy. typhus fever and
o,ners' though Of practically unlimited
Iaheet are more common Or severe m
the cooler ATTITUDES Malaria and dys
eentery are striking examples of tho
ic@ Widespread diseases that become
more common and severe toward The
70 me tropics including dcngue. my
|cetoma. liver nbscess. Oriental sore
Jaws. ankylostoninsis. elcphanti;ete
ctc. Certain Diseases. an important
group remain LONG endemic In limitcd
areas and at intervals hroak out and
spread Cholera. plague and yellow
fever are the chief examples The ,irst
centres IN the far East but as an cpl
ncnic mas spread over most Of the
earth: the second also has MANI en-
ueinic centres not all In the tronicy
snd has spread widely: the third IL en-
deinic only on tropical Atlantic coasts
ana It's epidemics arc more limited
Pitny's Doves.
What are "Pliny.e Doves:" c. s,
llsny'a Doves" are a wonderful
specimen OF ancient mosaic preserved
~ 4 museum In Rome. The piece rem
tesents four doves drinking, with
neautifnl border surrounding the nC-
ures and is formed Of natural stones
SO small that l6o covered only a
square incl 1T was described bv PIiny
as an illustration OF the pcrfcctionftha
art had reached. 80 ~
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THE SEAL OF vInG,S1a.

we are told that the movement to
change the Great Seal OF the State or
Virginia is simply movement to &c.
back to lrst principles, SO TO say. tie
present seal being the seal adopted BY
nc Pierpont Administration when vir-
sinia was a military district, and not
ne seal adopted By the fathers That
is enough The seal should be changed
III once and the sooner the better.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-20

During the last year OF his pastorate
q the Brick Presbyterian Church in
New York pr. Henry Van Dyke has
refused 10 accept any salary. but The
other day his congregation gave him
q beautiful loving cup. In which were
Two sl'ooo checks made payable to two
OF his favorite charities. That was
as graceful as IT was proper another
tribute TO one Of the most llkable and
most effective preachers
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-20

New York City. May 10. 1911.
To the Editor New York Tribune

To the Editor New York Tribune.
Park Row. City:
Dear Sir.--Is 1t not dreadful husi-
ness that the Tribune and other news
papers are now engaged in? refer
TO the daily publication OF war events
OF nifty years ago.
What is the use of arousing recol-
lections and animosities of by-gone
times? No Northern family was more
devoted to the cause OF the Union than
mine. presume you are acquainted
with one of my fathers works. The
History of the American Rebellion"
by Orvilie j. Victor.
But the war Is over. for many and
many year; the Union survives. the
Stars and stripes float over the cotton
and tobacco fields of Dixie as we'll as
over the farms and factories of New
England. The term rebel" constantly
used in the republica ton of these war
time dispatches is peculiarly obnox-
ious to the redents of the South,
among whom am proud to number
many dear friends and comrades.
When I speak of comrades, refer
TO members of the Spanish War vet
Grams. One Of the red letter Incidents
of my life will always be the recollec-
tion Of when, five years ago. | went
to Richmond to help muster in the
Fitzhugh Lee Camp, S, W. ", and found
myself a 'prisoner III Richmond. con-
demned to spend no money because /
had no Confederate currency with me-"
Such hospitality as 7 then and there
experienced have never mot any
where else 8
If any remnants Of the Mason and
Dixon line remained in 1898, they were
swept away when the sons of the Blue
and the sons of the Gray marched side
by side against a common foe. For
Gods sake, for the Unions sake. cut
out this republication OF the horrid
events of fifty years ago
United are the Blue and Gray; in SER
ried ranks they stand
The boys of North and East and West
the hoys of Dixie Land.
Our uniform is Union blue, above Con-
federate gray.
And the glory won by each OF these
shall never pass away.
Sincerely,
ORNlLLE G. VICTOR. S. w. VI,
Late Company NJ, Eighth Regiment,
New York Volunteers.
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An express company has filed this
tariT Of charges for shipment from
san Francisco to Hons Kong: Corpse
of white persons, $3.50; corpse OF
Chinese dead less than one year, s55
corpse of Chinese dead over one year.
S35.' It would appear that it IS cheap
est to he chinaman dead more than
year
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George Barnard Shaw positively re-
fuses TO come to the United States.
because there is nothing there that
can Interest me, and the Americans are
an appalling. horrible, narrow lot"
Can be that shaw ever was in AL
lanta? L
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he many pleasant memories that
! nave OF your delightful, city as re-
sun Of my last visit Will ever he a
source Of great pleasure That Is
what Boston lawyer wrote a friend
nero about his stay in Richmond,
That's what they ali say. 5f
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EngliHhL chnnnel I-errr

How is the English Channel ferr,ed,
The English Channel is said TO have
i,oi Ferry for 1000 years The iirst
crossed In 1870. The Queen. pa1.
sons turbine vessel. began running
IA 900. and reduced the time between
Lover and Calais TO nfty minutes.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-20

Ny Cousin Carus" has lost about
100000 on account OF his enforced
siiehee. His Doctors bills are. enor-
nous and he Is losing tremendous
sums hy his failures to sing ln-this
case case silence certainly not golden
for the great tenor.
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The Rhine.
Tell me something about ,he Rhine.

Tell me Something about the Rhine.
INQUIRER
From its source In Switzerland to The
:Hh,orth sea the Rhine has length OF
~ miles. OF which German territory
GAINS 100 miles. In It's course through
s.;isrinany II widens from about 500 10
csquoncss. presenting not only ban
Drama OF well-kept shores. dotted with
quaint towns and Villages, With a
nscNt round Of vineclad hills or forest
also many remarkable ruins. including
inc castles OF Rheinfelg Reichrn herp