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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-13
BACH TO THE CHRYsALIS.

In Yesterdays Ttmcs-DtspdtCh Murray Nc
CURE, ESQ, has long communication in which
he undertakes to severely call to task Presi-
dent f. A. Alderman for his refusal TO raise
his voice in the effort TO delay for this session
of the Legislature the bill establishing. in prin-
ciple the Coordinate College for Women in
connection with the University of Virginia.
We have already pointed out the real differ
ences between the coordinate college and the
college at which eo-educaton is practiced. We
have argued at some length why enlightened
age should not be hampercd by blind adherence
to napplicable precedent. II the alumni whom
Mr.. Mcguire represents have case, they should
put ii 10 test Their failure to do SO suggests
that they feel for the university the sentiment
expressed in bright piece Of FeFse.-eHtitled
"A Conservative in which new-fedged but
terfy sways on thorn in grief al the riot OF
color In it's unfamiliar wings;
Cried .M4 legs are thin and fc1.-
"'Wher. once had swarm!
SOFT fuzzy fur-a 10y to view
sc BEFORE these happng wing things grew
ITO hamper and deform,
AT that outrageous bug I shot
Tho fury of mine eve
Said T., in seorn all burning not
"ln rage and anger high:
49, You ignomnious idiot
Those wings are made TO NY
~ do nor want to Ny, said he,
IL only want to squirmN
And he dropped his wings dejcctodiy.
But still his voice was firm:
81 do not want to be fly:
81 want 10 be worm
20, Yesterday Of unknown lack,
To-day OF unknown bliss.
Il left my fool in red and black;
Tho last | saw this:
The creature madly climbing back
Into his chrysas.'
Despite strenuous efforts the part of a
small number OF excited alumni to excite anita
gonism to the bill, the great mass of the Uni
versity's sons seem to be quietly waiting for
light and understanding. Is it not just pos
sbe that DIR. Alderman, who as the head OF
the institution may be expected to know some
thing Of It's needs and something Of the atti
tude OF the majority Of its friends. knows a
little more about what the wings OF modern
progress are meant for than either Mr.. Mcclure
or any other of those few alumni who have
been SO clamorous TO retain the shell of ancient
prjudice, and so shudderful about taking to the
open air?
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-13

When Yorktown fell before washington and
the forerunner of the universal democratiza
ton of man.
Piecemeal. by pecemeal their faith has
nQdded into prophecy.
When China most ancient of historical peo-
pies, wins an almost bloodless revolution for a
Republic II is time that the few real monarchs
sunrise.
The complete abdication OF the Manchu
dynasty not only makes Of the most conserva-
tive people in history fellow force in the de-
veopment of civilization with other progressive
nations, but in very real way returns China
10 the Cinnamon. What during the recent
fulness 10 country In reality faithfulness
TO the oppressor That the revolution succeed
ed was due in large part to the fact that the
Chinese, In consonance with their regard for
their ancestors. felt their blood stirred against
alien
What will be the course OF the strangest Re-
public in history no one can say. That ulti-
mateIy one OF the most highly civilized of peo-
pie one Of the oldest. and OF the most
tenacious will reahze the possibilities which
have long laid dormant under a strange inertia,
pirs. under one another form. has existed
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-13
LABOR "DEFENSE FUNDS"

II is to be hoped that there is no truth in
the reported statement Of Frank NJ. Ryan,
President OF the international Association of
Bridge and Structural Iron Workers. that he
has already arranged for contributions from
members Of the association OF $1,000 month
as a fund to be used in the defense OF the
men whom the Government is about to arrest
as participants In the dynamite conspiracy dis
closed by the confession of McManigle and the
MeNamaras.
It is the. part of charity to suppose that
Samuel Gompers, when he interested himself
In the raising of the huge fund to defend
those arch anarchists really felt that they
were the victims Of a conspiracy engineered
by selfish capitalistic interests. But the col
lapse of their case. the utter failure OF the
effort TO prove an Interior motive behind their
arrest, called attention sharply to the evil OF
assuming innocence as being practically as
great as that OF assuming guilt. Such an as
SUMPTION is imbedded in the very rock OF legal
principle in this country. 1t cannot be mega
lived except by a superabundance OF proof
When class. in the face of prtmd fdcfe EVIL
dence lends practical aid to an already exist
ing assumption which makes prosecution for
crime so difficult it it, the presumption fol-
lows that the care is not much for a fair
as an unfair trial.
Following npon the evidence adduced by
Burns against the McNamaras. the Government
has secretly indicted some forty men. many
of them high in labor circles. The most simple
mind can grasp the fact that the evidence
which forced the McNamaras to confess is the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-13
PURIFY THE RIVERS.

Richmond should take special interest in the
bill which is being urged by authority of the
Council. providing for the publication of waste
material empted by factories into any river
from which the city or town derives its water
supply. similar measure which was intro
duced at the last Legislature, failed through
manufacturing influence, but the cost involved
in the installation of the publication plants
should not longer be permitted to Interfere
with measure which looks to the public
health
AS cities grow and the demands on their
water supplies increase it becomes imperative
that the water be procured from the steady
supply which only a river affords. The river
also. is necessary conduit for the oifscourings
OF the factories. II must not only receive all
waste, but it must return it pure. 1t is this
once paradoxical condition that the publication
plant provides.
The day has passed when unguarded water
sheds permitted to spread fever and
disease through the cities that depended upon
t them for=FfFe necessity OF water The time
has come also, when the sewage of one city
| is no longer permitted to- imperil the lives OF
I the people of another one situated below it on
+ the common stream. What rs modern practice
! with respect to watersheds and municipalities
finds in extension to manufacturing plants a
| perfectly logical development.
| Richmond and other Virginia cities are proud
| Of the factories which do so much toward max
ing them growing and progressive centers OF
/ Southern population. But sentiment for the
factory should not blind the law making body
/ to tho fact that life is more valuable even
/ than profit, and that the greatest profits may
every city in the State should get behind Chair
| man Morgan Mills Of the Committee on Water
! Health Officer Levy, and the Richmond Coun-
| Gil In impressing the General Assembly with
| the need for this piece of legislation.
Some time ago certain Souhside citizens
noticed a peculiar flavor not Indigenous to the
! James River eat Investigation led to the
conclusion that certain tarry products dumped
into the waters of that historic stream had
turned a succulent morsel into flesh so highly
/ favored as TO bite the palate of a hyena. or
course, the city.s own publication plant saved
the citizens from acquiring the same flavor as
the cat but there other things which go
| into the river, without either color or smell,
which cannot be so eliminated, and whose alb
lessly manage.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-13

same. practically, that will be used against
them, That being true, the legal presumption
of their innocence still holds. but the moral
presumption of their guilt is stronger. For
Labor to now repeat the mistake which so
prejudiced its hastily taken action in the
Mcnamara cases would be for it TO justify a
hasty suspicion.
We believe that no labor union as such.
knew anything OF the dynamite plots which
were made the criminal means OF an attempt
TO enforce its demands. All the evidence, now.
ever. tends to show that many of the trusted
officials of Labor misused the funds limo
Gently turned TO them. That being true,
it behooves Labor, in the light of its recent
mistake, to let the law take its course, IN the
consciousness that the sooner it is purged Of
such leaders the better for its cause. Despite
MIR. Ryan's positive assertion, We refuse. until
the fact is demonstrated, to believe that a
great body of earnest men may be led to such
bit of suicidal folly.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-13

AAA
pcrsistency in asking daily vote upon tho
question Of advancing the Enabling Act upon
the House calendar was shown yesterday when
the friends OF the measure in the House in
troduced resolution changing the rules so as
TO enable the majority. after reasonable noti1e,
to exert its will with respect TO pending legis-
lation
Under the House rules they stand at pres
emit, II requires under all circumstances two
thirds vote 10 take up bill out OF its regular
order
On the two previous attempts to advance the
Enabling Act. a clear majority voted in the ar
frmative, but the resolution lacked the re-
quisite two-thirds
1t Is now proposed that the rules be changed
so that, when such motion has been three
times defeated but each time with a majority
voting in its favor, 1t may he made fourth
time and If it still receives consistent
jority. may he taken up out of its regular or
der.
This s nothing more nor less than a device
to give to the majority its rights, while still
safeguarding the regularity and order Of the
general proceedings Of delibcrative body Tn
der the rules the resolution changing the rules
must lie on the Speakers desk for FIVE days,
when Il is considered and adopted or rejected
b. majority OF the members.
The effect is that at the expiration OF i've
his rule will be ready fer consideration,
It will then devolve upon tho House member
ship 10 prove It's sincerity in support or the En-
abling Act by voting for the new rule which
will put II before the House for consideration.
Thus has the attempt to chloroform the bin
while it is yet before the House been met, and
we confidently believe. defeated.
In the confident expectation of the early con
sideration of the bill by the House and its pas
sage thereby, the measure was yesterday In
troduced into the Senate 1t will be urged upon
the Senate Committee on Privileges and Eec-
lions, when II meets tomorrow. The Temperance
forces will ask that a day be set for a hearing
before the committee, and that the bill itself
be ordered out without unnecessary delay.
II has been the dream OF the liquor interests
that the Enabling Act should not to n
vote in the House. or that, If II did come to a
vote, it would be at day so late as to render
its consideration by the Senate impossible.
That dream is now shattered. The respon-
sibility will rest with the Senate How will
the Senate, Wanted by the friends of the saloon
as their own particular shield and buckler,
meet the opportunity? VIII 1t play fair and
come to the direct issue, will IT, too lend an
ear to an attempt to filibuster?
That a majority OF the House is in favor OF
the bill is the best evidence that the people arc
in favor OF 1t. To what extent will the Senate
disprove the mistrust that for long has existed
with respect to all Senates. that they are the
relics of an old feeling OF class tina, neeced only
to know what the people wanted to oppose CIV
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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-13

golden profits. he would have gone far as an
"ad' writer. We feel sure that in this instance
the wage was worthy of the aborer.
A National Reserve Association may be a
good thing. We are rather inclined to believe
that 1t is. But 1t will do 1t little good to dis
tribute much OF its money as must have been
necessary to hire such an editorial. And in
case of man like Hubbard-an original
genius, with the warts of a plagiarist on much
Of the most beautiful progeny of his brain, Ii
man nevertheless who can. and has, done some
startlingly effective work, it always gives a
folish pain to the possibilities Of literature
done over into the calico of trade sold by the
yard.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-13
a LITERARY AD-WRITER.

We are in receipt Of one OF those publications
OF yellows, reds. and blues. with fancy let
tiers at the beginnings of paragraphs and cute
ffttfe water-narks about the pages ike daisies
in the grass, that denotes an origin in the
artistic department OF that commercial liter
airy center known as East Aurora.
The particular publication is called THE
Fra" and inspection discovers that it is a
monthly which is an Exponent of the Amer
lean Philosophy" Further inspection discloses
some philosophy with which IL is needless to
deal, but. more interesting. some significant
blue marks about long editorial in the 'Fra's''
best vein. entitled ITO the Business Men OF
America Invited to the feast we read at this
article to discover that it designated panics as
a species of financial disaster and described the
symptoms with all the detail of nurses re-
port: that it traced the financial system to its
historical lair and dragged it out into the day
light OF contempt; that ii flashed with all the
authors percuiar jocularities and biting wit
ticisms-and then that it said:
"a number of influential men in Chicago have
organized and Incorporated The National Citi-
7ens League.
"'The object of the league is the promotion of
a National Reserve Association which shall be
absolutely protected against ambitious financial
control by any class or section. and placed be-
yond the reach of political influence.
THE one particular man, believe who should
he given the principal credit for the idea of the
Citizens League is Professor J. Laurence Laugh
lin OF the University of Chicago etc. etc.
Follows a list OF members whose financial
standing is A No /, and we are no longer
amazed at the 'Fra's' industry in seeking the
causes Of financial disaster and discovering the
remedy. II he had not been poet, philoso-
pher, and a dreamer OF beautiful dreams OF
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-13

J. J. Hill told the Stanley Committee how he
turned over valuable ore beds to United States
Steel at profit Of only per cent. Steel in
the early days was certainly a master at the
art of getting aims.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-13
CURRENT COMMENT
panuara Of pisnansarx.

As said ten years ago when the dispensarv
question was very much alive in the State. The
dispensary is the most dangerous device the
devil has ever invented to make liquor selling
Respectable. When men go INFO tire liquor bus
mess now their own account they take the
social life of themselves and their families In
their hands. The traffic is branded with a
curse But when the town goes into the liquor
business the man that the dispensary Is
Just respectable anybody else. He Ia the
authorized agent of the people to run their bar
room. They the owners and he Is their
agent. and so the who dispenses the liquor
is of the same social and moral status as his
employers, the citizens Of the town for both
are making money out Of the damnation Of
their feow-to wnsmen, often. horrible 10 be told,
out of their sons. But, says the citizen ad
of the dspensary. l not in the liquor
bsiness. ! would not stand at the counter and
dispense liquor for a salary. What contemplate
hypocrisy. The man behind the counter is
your agent and you responsible for his
participant in the profit The dispensary
money goes into your town treasury. and Is
spent for public purposes and you obtain ma
terial profit theretrom. You In the same
position as the saloon keeper, in towns where
there saloons. and 1t is ridiculous for You
to think yourself in different moral attitude
from the licensed saloon keeper. unless you have
done everything possible to destroy the dispen-
sary.
1t is truly distressing fact that the citi-
zens OF towns like Farmville, Waverly, Boydton,
Scottsville, etc. will sit quietly and bear the
responsibility OF such a death dealing nuisance
dspensary. And 1t Is hard to understand
how anybody who has lived In Blackstone since
the saloon driven out. and who has wit
messed the great material social and moral
the bringing back OF the saloon. Such persons
driven either by appetite. that liquor may
be more convenient to them personally. re-
CARELESS of the effect upon others, by cove
teousness-hoping that the dispensary may
bring money into the town treasury and save
them Some tax money regardless OF whether the
cons of the town and neighboring country dis
tricts be drunkards not.-Rev. James Cannon.
ID. D., in Christian Advocate.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-13

Mr.. Stimsons determination to take the
stump for Taft shows that he still remembers
who it was that led him into the trouble that
got him licked before.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-13
THE HUNTER PURSUED.

We are delighted TO observe that Colonel
Harveys amazed silence as the center Of the
Tillman- watterson- Wilson Bryan controversy
has neither deadened his humor nor dispelled
his impertinence. IN the current number Of
Hnrpers Weekly he says ancnt another voci-
ferrous hush:
Aha, At last VIC have II, The mystery IA
solved and We have discovered tho key. I. r.
IL not candidate for the nomination-the nom1-
nation is a candidate for T. r Ana IL all so
simple. you really get IL.
A French society has Just come TO the Col
onels rescue from those inclined TO think him
blood thirsty as great hunter, by declaring
that in reality he is merely a mild and IL
lustrious naturalist. In other words, he has
had change OF heart, Instead of hunting
through the Jungle of politics. he is sitting re
signed awaiting his death at the maws of its
beasts. Despite which we believe the nomina-
ton will lose heart; that the Colonel will be
saved.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-13

and withstood almost all things. The Chinese
kenuhlic should In an era when industry and
peace are coming to take the place OF war
the measure of nations, be powerful to accom-
plish ali things.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-13

Three North Carolinians went into a Ra-
leigh hotel and went to sleep without turning
off the gas. They still sleeping. Yet
Brother Joe Daniels continues to tell us that
Raleigh is wide-awake
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-13

Lillian Russell and Fay TempIeton discuss
married life. Both certainly speak by the
book-or, rather, the bookshelf.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-13
New York City's Debt.

The fact has been widely published that the
debt OF New York city Is $4,000 larger
than the debt OF the Federal government
True. the total debt Of the big city is $l.oS7.-
Stills making Il, In the, respect Of indeht-
edness. billion dollar city.
Eut the fact that $450.000.000 of this In
d.btedness consists OF self sustaining bonds held
sinking fund. reduces the total real debt
to $3.50 900, 900. and the city still has mar
gin OF borrowing power amounting to $685.
200. In New York State cities are confined
to a given percentage Of debt based on their
.ssessahle values. New York Is still within
the limit. This simply shows how great the
wealth Of the big city is. even when assessments
do not exceed so per cent. of market value
and personal property practically goes untaxed.
Birmingham Age-Hera1d.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-13

Secretary Knox has gone TO Palm Beach to
get into training for the course Of chile con-
carne which he will run up against when he
strikes Central America
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-13

The one way to get United States troops
into Mexico is for some foreign power to under
take to land them there
The chronicle=news., 1912-12-07
CONFESSES MURDER
OF UNKNOWN MAN

Pueblo. Colo, Dec. ..-P.rshai
Tucker. under arrest at sapulpn. Ok
lahomn. has confessed to Marshal W.
G. Jones OF that city that he mur-
dcred an unknown foreigner In this
city last summer by throwing him
from a train. \ letter from Marshal
Jones to the Chief Of Police of Colo
RADIO Springs has been forwarded to
this city containing the informa-
ton.
Last May the mauglcd body of an
man was found near the
dividing line OF Pueblo and FL Paso
counties and 1t may be the body OF
the man referred 20 by Tucker. The
unknown man and Tucker were
beating their way ON u train and the
stranger was thrown off by Tucker
following 4 quarrel.
The chronicle=news., 1912-12-07
REDMOND ATTACKED
BY SUFFRACET1ES

London. Dec. 7.-Suffragettes put
John Redmond. the leader of the Ir-
ish Nationalist party. to the torment
this afternoon ut home rule demon
stration Mt Dalston. in the noreheast
of London.
For half an hour the Irish leader
watched the forciblc eviction of the
hall OF his disturbers. while inter-
ruptions and desperate resistance to
the ushcrs caused rapid succession
of rough and tumble scenes of the
most rowdy description.
Men. as well as women. were
thrown bodily out OF the hall. Among
the men were clergymen who had
protested against the rough handl-
ing of the women.
During the half hour Redmond was
able to utter only a single sentence.
which was to the effect that 1t
seemed to him almost tragic that the
women's cause which. In the minds
and hearts of so many. was SO great.
should be turned into ''comic in
terlude".
The chronicle=news., 1912-12-07
BER1RAm BESHOAR
MEMBER ILL. BAR

Bcrtram Bcshoar. youngest son OF
Mrs. N. Bcshoar. has been admitted
to the bar in the state OF Illinois
having successfully passed the cN-
animation "a day or two ago. HIS
friends and relatives In this city are
much gratificd by the news as II II
generally conceded that the .Nnmi-
uuiion for the bar In the state oi
Illinois Is more rigid than In many
states OF the union. Young Hcshonr
may remain to practice law in Chi
cago where he now Is.
Bcrtram Bcshoar was born In
Trinidad and received his earliest
education here. graduating from the
Trinidad high school. Last year he
graduated from the law school OF
Northwestern university For some
time he has been renewing his stud
les in law office in Chicago.
The chronicle=news., 1912-12-07
MAIL STEAMER ATTACKED
BY MEXICAN REBELS

Los Angeles. Calf. Dec. An
attack on the Pacific Mall steamship
san Juan. In Mexican waters. recent
Is by party OF supposed revolution
lists. is described IN n letter madn
puhl!c today by ". G.. Room. from
his son, II. V. Room. second wireless
operator on the san Juan,
The letter says tho vessel was fired
upon while at anchor off Acapulco.
Mexico. and the engineer was scri-
ously wounded. The san Juan sailed
from San Francisco November 1t.
The chronicle=news., 1912-12-07
COOPER
IN GOVT. SERVICE

Aviator John d. Cooper whose
sensational flights In n Curtiss bi-
plane were features OF the third an
nual fair held last September. has
been named instructor OF the United
states navy in the use OF the Curtiss
recently purchased
by tn. government. Cooper VIII
probably give up exhibition flights
for good.
Cooper is one of the most noted
aviators In the country. He was the
first flyer to execute the dangerous
spiral dips and curves in this part OF
the state and in this altitude. His
perfect control of his machine was
marvel Cooper made many friends
in Trinidad while he was here.