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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-18
Voice Of the People
woodrow wilson stnteS Ills Position.

Woodrow wilson StnteS Ills Position.
To the Editor of The Times-Dispatch:
Sir,-One hundred and twenty two
years huve elapsed since Washington
was innugurated as President of the
United states. Dividing this period
exactly in half. we md that while
seven native Virginians occupied the
presidential chair during tho irst half,
not one has done so during the second.
1t is siXty-onc years since Zachary
Taylor died. It IS nfty-nine years
since n Virginian tWinfeld ScotO was
even nominated for the presidency by
one OF the great parties.
But il is long lane that has no
turning At last. after weary waiting.
Virginia has q golden opportunity TO
renew the glories of the past. for the
eyes OF multitudes OF Americans are
now turned eagerly toward native OF
Virginia ms the foremost statesman OF
the land. and are looking forward with
hopeful resolution to his election as
The next President OF the United
states.
Yet. strange 10 say. while other
states are hnilinr this VirRinian az
their political Moses, Virginia herself
is lukcwarm--or, at any rate seems to
he SO far rs I am aware. neither her
Governor, nor either of her two Scna-
tors nor any one of her ten Represen
tatives in Congress. has come out and
urged his nomination by the Demo
cratic party.
What Is the explanation OF this
amazing fact? Simply this. believe.
NirginianS are a conservative people.
and considerable number OF them
have Dccn led astray by wholly or
r"neous statements TO the effect that
a
gosuc, who is either lnsnccre In. char
artcr o. intcllcctualiy too vacillating
10 be trusted as Il political guide. This
notion supremacy absurd to those who
really know the man-is based chiefly
upon the fact that, after disappearing
for some years. in his Princeton lee
lures Of the initiative, referendum and
recall lie has now expressed a quail =
fed approval Of thos. measures. /
say qualified approval But most Of
those Who criticize him DO not know
that his approval Is cmpha,icalIy Z.
qualified one. They do not know %
that he wholly disapprovea of the re-
call OF judges. 90 that lie thinks each
state should judge for itself as to the
adoption Of either initiative. rcfcrcn-
dnm or recall, t3) that. even in those
states where he considers these meas
rrcs 10 have been srcccssiul, nc doe.
not consider them as anything but a
lncans 70 tho restoration OF renresen-
tativc government. 80 that he does
not thinl; 'heso nolicicz desirable ~
virginia. or In any state where gan
) ninc representative government, nov
exists. 80 that he regards tic nation.
a'i%a,ion % these policies as wholly
impracticahle. All Of these nualif,cn-
! Mons TO his approval Will appear in tho
private letter to m" which J give DO
low. In addition. ! will state wha, T
! know 10 he a fact. viz: INST !, yas in
accordance with Woodrow Wilson'S
/ own deliberate advice that the New
/ Jersey Democrats excluded ,hnso mill.
| ees from the platform adopted In. their
| recent campaign
/ But. Before giving his letter, let me
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state ono voason why tho re.dor may
reasonably attach moro weight to my
opinion Of Wilson's moral and mental
traits than to the opinions OF some
others. This reason Ia that I have
known him personally and ultimately
thirty-two yNears ago. Long before he
went into political Nfe I expressed tho
opinion that he wAa ootter lifted Tor
the presidency than any mum in the
United States. I know his character.
and now DECLARE, with this coolest de-
liberation, and with the utmost earn
estnoss. that George Washington him
self was not moro incapable than no
Of even the faintest insinoerity. either
in private or In public life. And, as
for the charge that. because no partly
changed his mind about the initiative.
referendum and rsoa1l, no Is intelec-
tually vacillating. will call attention
to the sentence in his letter of Novem-
Der 16, in which he states that relia-
bio citiSens of Oregon floored him lat
with their account OF the actual work
ings of those policies In that State.
In regard to this, wrote to him re-
Gently. and he says IN a letter from
Trenton, dated December IL: Before
tho expe rirnents in Oregon. there had
been no American facts to floor mo
with. 1 had been going altogether
upon my theoretical conclusions as TO
how far the facts in Switzerland would
At conditions in the United States."
And DO It remembered that these Ore
gon experiments are very recent things
so recent that the great majority OF
those who censure Wilson for allowing
his views to BIO modified by them have
not found time to examine the expert
ments for themselves. The truth Is
that Wilson, like all statesmen, ms VOL
as all scientific thinkers. who are both
open minded and honest. modified his
theories when confronted with new
facts. Even infallible Popes have
ceased TO deny the existence OF the
Antipodcs since Alagellan's ship cir
COMMUNICATED the globe.
Immediately beneath my signature
give Woodrow Wilson's letter. and
sincerely hope that It will dispcl the
erroneous conceptions concerning him
and cause all Virgininns to rally !
around his victorious banner
r IT. DABNBY.
Univ of Virginia, Dec. 13. 1911.
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presidential year. Why THE should
be q destroying factor to husiness IN
one of tho unsolved mysteries. For
presidential years have in the main
been hotter than tho panic years that
came between. II tho stock market Is
any barometer. Wall Street is already
discounting tariff rovisionp, and thore
cause trouble.
In 1895 there was panic, but then
the silver question hung over the busi-
ness Of this country. and tho fact that
some 100000 voters desired to 500
the gold standard abolished. was rea-
son enough to cause apprehension. AS
matter OF fact. tho real panic oame
In 1893. and 1896 was just revival
of tho old scare. The depression in
1000 was OF short duration, and the
stock market depression of 1904 was
not reflected in general business, as
shown by tho railroad earnings.
table of gross railroad earnings
from 1871 to 1910 shows that only In
1876. 1884 and 1908 did the railroad
earnings fall off as compared with tho
previous years. The worst falling off
in the whole period OF thirty-ninc
years was in 1924 Dust halfway bo-
tween two elections). The next worst
falling of was in 1905, which followed
tho terrible money panic of 1907. and
was in no way connected with politics
Those who proclaim tho coming of
bad times will have to find some bet
ter ground for their fears than the
fact that In 1912 the Democratic and
Republican parties arc going to have
a trial of strength.
Since 1907 this country has boon
putting its affairs in order. We have
been reducing our debts. piling up our
resources. increasing our foreign trade,
and oven IL a depression We're to como
(and OF this there is no sign), the
country could not be found In a better
condition to weather the blow.
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wilson. Letter.

SloOntOn, va, NOV. 10, l2lI.
My Dear Heath: We did not naro a
chance when was with YOU to have
our talk out about the initiative, ref
crendum and recall; it may be worth
while. therefore. in view of the impor
lance Of the subject, for me TO sum-
Marie somewhat more formally what
said to you in scraps
In the first place. with regard to my
own state of mind. ] surrendered to
the facts, as every candid man must.
My whole prcposscssion-my whole
reasonlnS-waS against these things.
But when l came into contact with
candid. honest. nuollc spirited men
who could speak (with regard, for cX-
ample. to Oregon) from personal OBJ
servation and experience, they noored
me fiat with their narration of what
had actually happened. L found in tho
men who had advocated these things.
who had put them Into operation. and
who had accomplished things by them.
not critics or opponents of representa-
tive government. but men who were
eager to restore II where i, had been
lost. and who had taken--successfully
taken--thes, means to recover for the
people what they had unqucstionably
lost--control of their own affairs.
III short, they were not trying to
change our Institutions. The initiative.
referendum and recall wer, in their
eyes tas they are in minc) merely n
means to an end-that end being the
restoration OF the control of public
opinion Where opinion already con-
trolls. where there is now actual. gen
uine representative government. as
believe there is in Virginia and In the
South in general. they are not neces-
sary. Each state must Judge for itself
do not sec how It could be made a
subject of national policy. The people
VIII. IN my opinion. demand these
measures only where they are mani
testify necessary to take legislation and
the control OF administrative action
away from special, hopelessly in
trenched Interests. they are no gen
eral or universal panaccas,
The recall Of Judges am absolutely
against and always have been. 1t is
a remedy for n symptom. not for
,discase-the disease being the control
OF the system by influences which gen
era! opinion has ceased to control
II interested me very much 10 find
that even In Oregon literally no one
thought OF these new methods of ac
tion as substitute for representative
institutions, but only as a means or
stimulation and control. They arc as
devoted to the idea OF our Representa-
~" Institutions as we arc--and are
ocnt upon realizing these ideas in
practice That Is their conscious oh
ject. %
AS for the recall it is seldom used
outside the municipalities. do not
remember ar instance of its use on n
state oHcer II Is merely "a gun ne.
hind the door"
Faithfully yours,
WOODROW WILSON
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demand are either tho belief that rep.
resentative government VIII fall to
represent. or tho fear that represon-
tntive government will not give the
laws that tho Prohibittonists desire.
These are tho same motives that
have aotuated Oregon. and while tho
acceptance of the conclusion in favor
or the initiative and referendum does
not mean that the principle OF repre-
sentative government has been aban-
doned. It does mean that it's practice
has boon discontinued In ono or moro
particulars. because the voters, or
some OF them. are not willing to leave
the settlement of such matters to their
representatives. We believe that tho
practice of direct law-making by tho
voters does not give better laws or
better citizenship. There may have
been a fertile field for the Initiative
and referendum In Oregon. Such con-
ditions do not exist In Virginia Yet
here again Governor Wilson must be
force Western methods on Eastern
people. In his letter lie declares: Each
State must Judge for itself. I do not
see how It could be made a subject
OF national policy"
This lettcr of Governor Wilson's
merely chronicles the fact that under
certain conditions other States have
found tho initiative, referendum ana
recall effective und useful weapons Cor
restorins popular rule, and expresses
the belief that under similar conditions
similarly good results may be expect
ed. with this viewpoint any man may
disagree without characterizing Gov
ernor Wilson. as DR.. Dabney puts ST,
as "insincere in character or intel
lectually vacillatins."
For its part The Times Dispatch
expresses no opinion of tho value OF
the methods in Oregon. but VIC do
heartily agree with that distinguished
scholar and statesman, Woodrow vii
son. that the initiative. referendum
and recall for municipal officers have
no place or portion in the life OF Vir-
ginia to-day. and that such law-mak-
ms measures arc essentially local
questions. to be accepted or rejected
by each state. Salvation for Califor-
MA might prove destruction for vir-
ginia.
Finally. We arc slad to say that we
fully adopt Dr. Dabney's statement
that Governor Wilson's attitude, as
stated by himself, involves no rcnec-
lion on his hxity of purpose or clear
ness OF vision. The position of Gov
ernor Wilson on all public matters Is |
matter of profound concern to his |
native State. to the Democratic party |
and to the whole countr.'. and his
letter on the Initiative referendum
and recall will clear up many doubts
and quiet many misgivings on the part
Of his friends and fellow citizens in
Virginia
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THE PUBLIC Is NOT DONE WITH MIR.
GOaIpERS.

MT. Gompcrs is reported as declar-
ing that he is done with the McNam.
ara case" and, in answer To the suE
sesiion that he could urge McNamaru
to tell all he knows and then get labor
rid of whatever criminals may have
been associated with him and his
brother. II any were, he says that he
is responsible only 10 the American
Federation of Labor"
Now, MIR. Gompcrs may be. and il is
quite likely he would, be glad to be
done with" this case; but the case !.
not done with him. 1t is also quite
likely that he will have his hands
rather fun In answering to his de-
ccived and justly indignant follow
crs in the Federation Of Labor for
having shamclcssly--or stupidly-de-
iuoed and mislcd them into giving aid
and comfort and huge financial sup.
Nort TO desperate criminals CARRYING
on regular campaign Of arson and
murder
IN, by his leave. Mr. Ciompers Is
'7 ''HP"ils'p ic !" the public whose
du!y constituted authorities and Of
iiccrs Of Justice nc violently denounc.
ed as criminals engaged In 2 criminal
conspiracy to manufacture evidcnc.
even to the extent Of committing ar
son ana murder for the purpose o,
''raiiroading" innocent men Ia their
doom.
Mr.. Gompers was slnsuiarly inno-
cent and connding singularly hliul 10
Obvious facts siusuIarly helpless To
discover whai ii Was his duty to dis
cover, what he had pccu!ia. faci,ities
Tor discovering, uid what practically
everybody else kncw. his own honest
i"pstirG followers expected. whom n,
.deil1cd ana missed into believing
iHnt tHysc desperate criminals were in.
ACCENT MARTYRS to the cause Of or.
ii""H iappr and whom he hum
"rg&ei mo ontr!hutinI hugo fu,,
(or ,lie heranzc OF lhcsc wrct.ncs g.
'nr q" IN h'n LAY, Mr. ,;ompors mad,
'Ae cause ~ these criminals the cans,
! of of2mized labor ana viii donbilcs,
h"He bus hlnds pretty fuiI in irving !,
SGT ni,nse!f light with his bctrayc,
followers.
4 Hm thls unuccut ana guiness Of,
NAH VII" Mas So inrc minded an,
committing That ia ,na reoth vi the mos
YNcrwi'e!ntns evidence he could no
bring himself 10 bcllcve IN u, nosst
t.itiIit, 40 .,i, .t...-
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La Marquise de Fonrenov

o1ALIN, although it spends so
TN much OF its time on the water
either travelling or cruising for
pressure. is rarely shipwrcckcd. IT is
necessary to explain this in order 10
hpprecihtc tho sensation created in
Europe by the shipwrcck on the rocky
Moorish coast. at night in n storm. of
ne great ocean liner Delhi. on Which
Inc princess royal of Great Britain
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The Atlanta Constitution has a lars c
front-pasc picture of views of Il new
club there. One of tho pictures shows
e room filled with round tables very
small in circumference, but surround
ed by eight elbow" chairs. Probably
these are for congenial gentlemen
who consume the denatured buttermilk
for which prohibition Georgia is fam
GUS
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rI,EsipENTIAL rANlD.

Win banner cotton crop ana
large increases in steel orders. even
al lower prices with railroad earn
inSs hcld!n@ ihcir own ana huildina
.'Pera'lons kcepMg NJ to The average.
the only comfort a pessimis, can nni
is in proclaiminE that 1912 viii be a
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-11-15
MOST CERTAIN WAY I'd
END A BAD COLO
surely breaks the cold and ends
Grippe misery in a
few hours

IL Is a positive fact that q dose of
papea Cold Compound taken every
two hours until three consecutive
doses are taken viii cure Grippe or
break up the most severe cold either
IN the head chest, back. stomach or
limbs
YOU distinctly feei the cold break
ing and an the dsagreeable grippe
symptoms leaving after the Very first
dose Il promptly ends the most mis-
erable headache, dulness, head and
nose stuffed up, feyerishness. sneez'
ing. sore throat running Of the nose.
mucous and catarrhal discharges,
soreness, stiffness and rheumatic
Wingea
Papcs eo Compound IS the result
OF tdree years research at cost q
more than hfty Thousand dollars ana
contains no quiniue which we nave
conclusWely demonstrated is not e.
fectve in the treatment Of colds OF
grippe
Take this harmless Compound as
directed with the knowledge that
there is no other medicine made any
whore else in The world, which VIII
enfe Your cold or end Grippe misery
a8 promptly and without any other
aasistanec Of bad arter-eftects a. y
95.ecm package 81 pape \ Coll Com.
pound wlich any druggist IN tue
world can supply
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-11-15

WEBSTER WORE BLUE COATS
The Habit was Fastened on the
Statesman In His Youth
lleroln IIarner's IIeeklY.l

tI7rom IIarpers <eekiyl
Daniel Webster went 10 Dartmouth
college in homespun suit Of whlcu
probably every thread was carried,
spun. ana woven by his mother +
hand from the wool Of their own
sheep. It was a dyed-in-the-wool SUIT
and the color was indigo blue
In the South butternut was nse
but though the Yankee DANES knew
an about uses Of butternnt bark. ana
tbc subtle power Of siafc colot lldt
laQ in the sumach berries and DIRK
of white maple, aud were not unac
uuainted with the various dyes that
root and flower. bark and Leaf. cotio
be made to yield through the agency
or ytriol and alum and copperas ~
of9 them fast the universal stahd
nv IN New England was the biue pot
mar excellence the dye pot that
food in the chimney corner ot eF
crv kitchen in that region
So Webster was Gittcd out ~ indigo
,hle from COLLAR to ankle belor
reaching Hanover there came on on'
Iof those drenchng rains that wet
man 10 the skin. The suit held JUS
Il but 1t parted with enough aye
to tinge Daniel blue from head to loot,
Webster had a iibera stratum q
sentiment in his mental MAKEUP
and for soWe reason the color OIL NJ.
Young manhood remained MS ray
orite wear through life lie wore
bme coats to his dying day II any
one ever saw him in one Of a digefen,
color tne fact has not been made OF
rpnnrd
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-11-15
ARKANSAS GOVERNOR
OFFERS FIVE DOLLAR BILL;
LOSES STREET CAR RIOE
sneoial Lo pnLlv LealIel


Little Rock, Ark NOV la~ ~Goycru-
or Donaghey was compelled 10 get
on street cur today because the
conductor refused 20 take the nickel
fnre out OF n S. bill Speaking o.
the matter Governor Donaghey said
4 rendered the conductor s.
bin. explaining to him tHat this WI
the smallest legal tender had and
that was sorry 10 trouble him to
make the change but that was IN 4
hurry to reach the capitol He de.
murred to taking the bill
After n conference with another
employe on the car the conductor IN.
sister he could not accept the Dill
and taat would either have TO pay
mya fare III smaller money or get on
AS | did nor caro- to enter into any
nnsecmly wrangle with the employees
ef the company or invite anything
that wOud create i pnhlle scene, !
left the ear ! felt sure that was
acting within my right when ten
dered the conductor n bill IN pay
ment of my fare, and that there was
no legal reason why Il should not be
accepted d. not know why ihey
insisted IN my getting on the car
but VIII know before tne matter =
ended,
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-11-15
CASCARE rs CURE A
BILIOUS HEADACHE
Gently But Thoroughly Cleanse Your
Liver. Stomach And Bowels And
You Feel Great by Morning

You're bilious. YOU have a throb-
bing sensation in your head, a bad
taste in your mouth, your eyes burn,
Your skin is yellow, with dark rings
under your eyes your lips are pareh-
ed No wonder YOU feel ugly, mean
and III tempered Your system is
fun of bile not properly passed on
and what you need is cleaning up
inside. Don't continue being q bilious
nuisance to yourself and those Whe
love YOU, and don't resort to har5a
phvslcs that irritate and mjare Re
member that every disorder OF the
stomach liver and mtestines can be
quickly cured by morning with gen
Tie. thorough Cascarets- tney work
while YOU sleep, A lQ-cent non lfoln
your druggist will keep you and the
entire family feeling good for months
Children love to take Cascarets pc.
cause they taste good and never grippe
or sicken
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-11-15
OKLAHOMA CHARTERS ISSUED
eclal % the Daily Loader.

pecial to the Daily Leader.
Oklahoma City. Okla, NOV. la'--
The following charters nave oeeh
issued to these corporations.
The Gage Southwestern. Telephone
company, Gage capital stock. 81 'loQ
interpretations. c. G. Allinger, \ r.
Tucker, T B Devore, all OF Gage
Tar Greek Mining company MI
ami, capital stock, $1,000; incotporA-
tors, w A. Wagner Miauni w 7.
Walton, Burt " Lyon. JGp'n, NJ
After Valley Oil and Gas company !;
Snyder. eapitll stock, $sS00d, mcor-
porat ers. John G willis J. 4. Nil
liams. J w Wilsox, SNYDER. Carl u.
Pryor Manitcu
Standard stone company, Tulsa
capital stock $1,000 ucorporators,
T. v. Gray, J p Greer, kasa f. Nor.
ley. all OF Tulsa
Toloka Oil Company Muskogee,
capital stock, $4,000; meopotatof3,
E. NJ. Alv,rd, c. e. shannon, T. J,
Sidener, all OF Muskcgec,
Pauls Valley Cotton oil aud Gas
company. pauls Valley, capital stock
$4,000; incorporators, ]. J, Cummings,
s. G. Edwards W. II. Fain, AL 81
pauls Valley.
sharon State blnk, Sharon, capit u
stock, Sl0000; ineorporators, ]. G
lll~uth !. d krouth, MoorelGad l..
l.. chamberlain. blackberry
Planters state bank, Tduska, cap
ital steck, $4,000 incyrporators, &
D. Allison, J. W Jones, 3 f. Rogers
all of Atol1a
iirst Baptist church Of Boynton
Eoynton; no capital; trustee Louis
), Fisher T w. Wilmore, 3. D. Hen
rN all Of Boynton
ClearvieW Cemetery association
Chandler, no capital. incorp0rators
l.. ] Gates, II. G, Douglas, A Shcp
ucrd, all Of Chandler,
Let every citizen OF Guthrie at
tend the mass meeting At the city
han this pVpninp M < n o'clock
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-11-15
GUTHRIE B0Y LANDS g000 JOB

willard Gouon. OF Guthrie, q grad.
uate of the Oklahoma state univcrsi.
IN has been appointed hy the United
states government 10 take ehafRs =,
acting chief OF all Irrigation rh ~
the Philippines at salary 81 s''"u"'
He formerly was In charge OF lrrr
cation work for the United StatcS
government In Montana ana idaho'
nut for two years past has been en-
ployed i yu private irrigation com.
nany az Richheld. Idaho lie VIII
ieave san Francisco on December =,
on the Korea for the Philippines. Ills
wife will accompany aim.
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FINED HIMSELF AND
SENT HIMSELF 10 JAIL

Chicago, His. Nov l5.-Patrlclt i
Flanagan charged with disorderly
conduct was given the privilege o.
being his own judge. and fined nun.
seIf ss5 and costs in the munlcipai
court today. Unable to pay the hhe.
he sentenced himself TO the Bridewel'
ian 10 work t out Flanagan nai
been arrested while intoSicatel :,
Your judgment is excellent sala
f,dee Newcomber after sentence had
been pronounced.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-11-15
MUNICIPAL SLAUGHTER HOUSES
Bills To Be introduced In Legislature
Providing For Them

According to local cattle men and
packing house experts bills Will be in
troduced during the next two years
in the Oklahoma and Kansas egisla-
lures providing for municipal slaugh'
ter houses, through which all live.
stock that does not 90 to packing
plants with government inspection,
must pass before it is placed on the
market
DR.. j. G. Mahr. state commission
er Of health Of Oklahoma, has reeeiv-
cd letter from Dr. 5 ]. CrumDinc,
OF Topeka. Kan, secretary OF the
Kansas state board Of heath, stating
that he has assisted in the prepara-
tion OF model bill Incorporating
this general idea, which will be in.
tfoduced in the next Kansas legisla
ture Dr Crumbine incloses 4 copy
OF the proposed law for the inspec
ton Of the oklahoma health depart
ment.