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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-14

business organizations are displaying IN connec,
ten with the Dollar Dinner TO be held at the
Blues Armory on Thursday evening show that
the spirit engendered by the great celebration
and parade in early January still abides.
Occasions Of this character ARE of the greatest
possible value 10 any community. The mere
personal contact of business men has u contag-
ious thrill about it. Great movements come only
with the swing which only concert and unison
can give. When the men are Of the character
of the thousand and more VINO will gather at the
board of the Dollar Dinner; men representing
every one Of the numerous industries and actiyi-
ties which are focusing the eye Of the business
and financial world on Richmond as never be-
fare: men who have seen the city grow from a
small town, and have helped to push It forward;
men who have come by the hundreds and hun
dreds to seize the opportunities which Richmond
affords. when ali these get together in . com
mon impulse to work out civic destiny, the re-
suit is evident from the moment OF the plan.
Of course every man who attends adds just so
much to the moral effect. lie helps the cause
and helps himself. He becomes identihed as ii
vital factor with mat prosperity VIM" Is SO eVI-
dent in the city as d whole. He helps to make
more prosperity possible. more energy certain,
more enthusiasm available for the great work
IN hand.
It does not take a prophet to foresee the accu-
muiating bali of Richmonds growth. The city
is spreading. expanding, accommodating. 1t is
binding itself over before the very eye of its
busy people. The CULVER of change and develop
ment is in the very air. With the spirit mani
fest in the Dollar Dinner added to this natural
movement, what is already a wonder in city
building may we'll be changed into a miracle.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-14
Some L

The New York Times yesterday published an
interesting Interview with a dealer in house
hold supplies as to modern conveniences. This
expert declared that delivery OF goods was "A
Very large item In the expense OF business. We
all know. this Is correct. but nebpdS does any
shing ito re1sadr The situation, y An s.he -&sslisaf1t
has often pointed out, right here In Hartford
there are intcrsecting routes of delivery wagons
so intricate that u map OF them would look like
"A fly screen. Meat market wagons. grocery
wagons. department store wagons, milk wagons.
cross each others routes every few minutes.
Every big establishment maintains a livery
joke on the horse guards years ago to say that
they colud not march through Washington
street. for the horses accustomed to deliver milk
at the various residences would break ranks
aTd turn UP to the customers doors. or course,
It was an exaggeration, but it had a moral any
way; it suggested the cross purposes of much
work,
A city market where present dealers could
rent stalls and where deliveries were made by
one concern at an extra charge. customers being
at liberty to take their own purchases home
without any delivery charge. IL they preferred,
would do much to cheaper the cost OF living.
Another interesting statement made by this
same authority was that the telephone had
added to the cost Of living. People orde~ things.
forget something. and order again. after the
nFst order ms Started. and then they are liable
TO co~untermand an order after 1t is put up. 1t
vastly multipties work and incidentally in
creases wants. But. nevertheless. whoever
t~ies to go without II is out OF the world and a
hopeless back number Tho central fact OF all
the talk is that high cost of living means also
very great increase OF conveniences, and these
always cost-Hartford Courant.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-14
SUNDAY, APRIL II. 1872.
SIMPLICITY NEEDED.

We are glad 10 note a disposition ON the part
cf candidates for the Board Of Aldermen and the
Common Council to declare for an extension Of
the new administrative beard TO include in the
scope Of its work the functions of the existing
boards OF Fire. Police, and Health.
The experiment of the new board will succeed
or fail, In the first place, as 1t Ia or Is no. com
posed of men fitted by business and training TO
perform the large duties already imposed upon
H.. and in the second place as it Is or Is not
given the opportunity through simplihed govern
ment of achieving the economies and benefits
which 1t is thought 1t can bring to pass.
The point being that the city business is to be
turned over rs largely as possible to the one
board. the board itself should not be h~ampered
or limited by conflicting authority In other
boards. Certainly a body OF business men elect
cd to run a city ought to have control of so vital
: matter as the fire department. Surely. 1t is
not the logical thing that such a board should
have nothing to say as TO the intimate and deli
cate question OF the police. Most clearly of all,
ought It to be In charge and supervision of the
general equation of the health OF the people.
which. for instance. cannot be logically separated
from the care OF the streets or the operation of
the waterworks.
The numerous candidates for the Board OF AL.
dsrmen and Common Council will go before the
people with different platforms and diffeI lit APP
peaIs. II would be good II the people let 1t be
known In advance Of the primary that they will
mot send to represent them in city government
any man not pledged to such action az will give
the new general board every possible chance. The
work Of organization that will face these five
men will be a great and diffcult one. They viii
BE- held to a strict accountability by the people
~ a whole. 1t would be neither possible nor
honest to expect them to measure up to their
duties II they are In anywise INSTRUCTED or embar-
raised by a divided responsibility.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-14
COMMENT


a.-..w.
II seerns difficult. If not impossible, to discuss
Mr.. Roosevelt with calm, let alone with moder-
alton. His sayings and doings-but principally
his sayings-appear to arouse warm sympathy
and admiration or hatred, green-eyed, bilious
and explosive. AS Mr.. Roosevelt is a publicist
and n public man and enjoys a scrap usually
rather more than his opponents, he Is to be
reckoned fortunate in possessing this nightly
stimulating faculty. Some of the Nehenlence
for which he Is responsible is to be attributed
to the ruffled ambitions of officeholders. But
how little may be judged by the fact than In
England, where nothing depends upon his utter
ances, an acrimonious dispute Is being ~aged IN
letters to the Times.
The discussion was begun by American En-
lie" who discussed the familiar theme that
The recall Of judicial decisions added some
much-needed fuel to the flames. But inasmuch
as the deadly parallel is a very narrow and
limited topic, and on the recall the disputants
seemed rather at sea, the discussion drifted to "A
question far more interesting TO the average
Briton, Is Roosevelt pro- British or anti? amer
lean Exile" proceeded To point out that t. *.
was hostile to his tthe Exile's) adopted coun-
try, Mr.. Arthur Lee. member of Parliament.
a personal friend of the former President. de-
clares he was not. To prove this he quotes
certain dispatches sent during the Boer war
by the Times correspondent. whom, ] am
sure, he american Exile) will be the last man
In the world to challenge or dishelieve,' refer
ring to the then Presidents good Will toward
-Euglsna-unde~ the circumstances a telling
argument. The peroration OF Lee in
cludes the following: He (Exile) has been
convicted of ignorance of his facts and inat
curacy In his temen Having run out Of
argument. he now sings mud at random in the
hope that some may stick" Sentiments such
as these have n Very familiar ring.
Indeed, they might have been as we'll voiced
on the banks of the Wabash as on those Of the
Th~amos~Baltinlore Evening Sun.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-14
PEOPLES FORUM


Editor oG The NtrEiniaH:
Sir-W ould you kindly inform us. The people
of the East End. what WI are to do IN the case
OF the bad boys who form Ia crowds on the
street corners and fight and use profane Ian
8uRgo to sucll an extent that we are sometimes
forced Ia LEAVE our front poryhe3 and sit IN
the house these warm nights rather than hear
their prof1nityf
We have reported these conditions 10 the
police, but to no avail. as VIC only get two
policemen on horseback, whom tho boys can
see about TWO blocks away and move on before
they get there.
Once we got tho promise OF a special police
man, / suppose he came that n!ght--whioh. by
the way, was IA very rainy ~one--and, finding
no boys on that particular night, has not been
out since.
/ am voicinE the sentiment OF the people who
live on thu East End Boulevard ana in the
noighborhond.
The bows take great pleasure in throwing
rocks at tho 0akwoid school and the police box
on onkwood avenue and Thirty-fourth street.
Richmond, Va, April 10.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-14

people. disposed to be masters, not representa-.
tives. The last Virginia Senate certainly did
not represent the people. Public opinion should
compel a change. Let those who have SO long
held the party machinery in their hands for their
own benefit step aside, that the people may ex-
press their will.
What is needed now in Virginia above all else
IL II statesmtn of the Woodrow Wilson type. OF
politicians and orators we have to spare. The
old State would not now be in the sad plight 1t
is-its Constitution nullified. no honest primary
law in force, race track and other forms of gam
bling allowed. the liquor interests supreme. It's
cities prospecting in the Ubiquitous liquor traffic,
fusion to divide the spells allowed, If not con-
nived at, by the State Committees; if its policy
ha dteen guided by craftsmanship, and not by
self-interest. ..
Crozet, Va, April IL.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-14
REFORMS THAT DEFEAT THEMSELVES.

A decision by Judge Pritchard In which the
North Carolina statute aimed against dealing In
futures IS .helar net ~ void. noa.rac.s.e&:a-e :.ta
for the delivery of cotton gives a sane construc-
ton TO a sort Of legislation passed with the best
% Intentions in several States, but open to seri-
GUS objection as interfering with legitimate
business.
The North Carolina law. like Others. vent too
Tar In the effort to suppress an evil. At the
time 1t was passed every small town in the South
had its exchange" or bucket shop" Fortunes
were squandered and a whole people learned to
gamble. Men who would look with horror upon
a game Of cards for money cheerfully bet their
very homes on the rise or fall OF The cotton
market. The fiction Of Speculation and 'in-
vestment" was made the excuse for the passion
OF the gamester In the case Of otherwise perfect
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-14
.SHYIAOCk IN THE SCHOOLS.

At the conference of American Itabbis now in
session In Baltimore ono of the most prominent
OF the faith will present a report In which pro.
scntation Of Jewish characters on the vaudeville
stage and against the manner In which children
are taught "The Merchant of Venice in the
schools.
u We have said before. 1t would seem that a
people with the history and virtues of the He
Lrews should find themselves capable OF the
poise to overlook the carlcature Of the cheap
theatre. Vaudeville in It's representations Is
much the same as the work OF a cartoonist. 1t
produces the impression of a likeness by making
Il almost uninteIligible. Against this practice. 1T
does not appear that the Jews have any more le-
ultimate complaint than the South would have
because of the stage Southerner with his long
West because of the cowboy who never was on
land or sea, or the North by reason Of the broker
who would be pinched as a suspicious character
II seen at large In Wall Street. These things are
MI Ut :heiaH tae sobviosis devices Of "a. superficial
Al Because the comedy Jew is a man with up
raised palms and a hat five sizes too large for
him. ia no reason why a representative body of
i powerful people should dignity him with no
lice.
As TO the character OF Shylock, however, the
case is somewha different. The play should be
studied fer ,what ii has eoEae 10 nseans rather
than for what 1t was conceived to be. Incident
ally. 1t should go to show the advance the world
hRa mnda IN iriIttess and rac0autffap af tba rapa
Ehylock IL far more than money shark. He has
virtues. az we'll SIS passions. Even his demand
Tor the pound of flesh was something more than
greed: 1t showed forth the tragic experience of
the centuries through which the Jew leveled his
money against the men who prosecuted him.
@sss7EHT GaYgsSea first performed, The audi.
AEces took 1t for comedy. They laughed in
S4lee ct the stripping and torturing of a man who
2nNna at least a good deal better than a number Of
tormentors. 1t was only when the better
Of Christianity learned to DO merciful to-
EAeard the Jew that ShyIock really came into his
Eeface - the central figure of a tragedy. To show
ez6n properly In the schools requires an ability
The part OF the teacher which is In all Iikeli-.
~ deplorably rare. Indeed, it is perhaps the
ElnkA that the Merchant OF Venice is meat en-
N1U11y too strong for the plastic mind Of the ay.
om school child.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-14
Thn Virriria Sanatn

II ever there was q. case In which tho recall
would be justified. IL A. in the case az those
members of the Virginia Senate who are respon-
sible for the faisIre of measures Of vital inlpor-
tango to the best Interests OF the 9tute.
Nhief amons tteae, in my opinion, was the
Registration ana Pure Election BILL At consfa-
hIAlt% e&p&NtSa -993,t reaaarAattas .&1rs fs45sfss. ifste
accepted u new constitution, ny which it rid It,
self Of the ignorant and worthless voter. This
was hailed as the dawn Of better times in the
Old Commonwealth we love go rnsct. But we
have been sadly disappointed. The Legisla-
lures so far have not provided needed regula-
lions for carrying out the plain iutents of the
Constitution, Nothing has been done to pre-
vent putting on the registration lists ne names
Of persons clearly disqualified unde IL. No adc-
tlRted ar penalties attached to. violations &C tha
seHl@sssatloSs ayot4 I&se laaaor 'tte7es{ ~-t 3" secure
their unnotv gains. have put back thoSo voters,
and the viii Of the intelligent white property
owners in our cities, Lyncbburg. panvIllc. Staun-
ion and Other places, have bequ oYer-ridGen by
them. Practically ali elections now are in the
one.
And now. after the DISASTROUS effect Of this
failUe to provide for The proper carrying out of
the rev Constitution has becofn evident. the
Senate has allowed q measure 10 die after it had
been passed by the House, which would have
corrected these evils, II has said by its act. we
are satisfied to let this matter, 30. on rs. il. haa-
GeeaS rs Wish no ~chahee; ii suits ny IS it is" 1t
looks aa If this Ind been the desire. nj least of
the leaders, al the tilne~-faitGre to enforce the
Constitution Was Intentional. q part OF machine
politics" But it was a crime against civiliza-
tton.
Compared TO this the defeat OF the Enabling
is "A small matter, Under locai option the
voters Of the state could take care Of
themselves. Give sich n registration as tho
Constitution entities To, ana there is no room for
complaint. But ii is outra geons that this should
continue 10 bo deniedeeIt would Justify an extra
session Of the Legislature that the Senate misht
be compelled TO vote on this matter one way or
the other. and not dodge 1t by letting It die.
1t is greatly TO be hoped that this matter will
be heard from In tbe state Convention. soon to
aan Gn far thu writer hrQ hpep C4frnrfaaI that
SO little attention seems to have been given to
1t.
RI Is a well established fact that II won't do FOR
one party to remain too long in power. II is
equally true that ii won't do for the same men
In a party to remain too long In power; they
become TOO little responsive TO tho wiShea- Of the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-14

1t is characteristic of the hold of politics on
should find 1t necessary to Increase the a. my
appropriation bill more than seven millions over
the amount fixed by the House and nearly three
millions over the amount Of the appropriation
last year.
The explanation Is also characteristic. 1t is
that the increases were made necessary by the
late economy wave" which is always due to
sweep over Congress when a general election
looms ahead.
In such stirring times every member who lives
in a contested district begins to look out for his
fences. He begins TO get leave to print and 10
clutter up the Congressional Record with those
amusing masterpieces into which the author SO
carefully writes the hracketed applause and
great and prolonged applause" If it can be
made to appear that the Congressman from Pc
dunk introduced a bill and made a speech to save
so many hundred thousands of dollars. it does
not at all matter that he was found the next day
iii the conscnting majority that permitted d
million to he wasted. If. as In this case, the ex-
igencies of politics call for a pairing of of neces-
sary moneys for a Governmental department, it
is rare that either the resulting deterioration of
the subsequent extravaganza. are considered. Not
the least wasteful Of practices is this same QUAD
repnially recurring wave Of economy.
Naturally any great organization such as
army and navy deserve appropriations which
will keep them up to the point of efficiency called
for by their purpose and equipment. AS natu-
rally. II is inevitable that niRgardliness in this
respect will mean additional expenditure In the
end. Any organization. like any man, deterlo-
rates with idleness and for want of provision In
upkeep. No intelligent man let's machinery
rust or a plants equipment run down. Yet Con
gress most cheerfully permits both army and
navy to suffer. for the sake of a little oratory
and a little advantage here and there, regardless
both Of the cost OF the negligence and the
knowledge that, IN case OF need, tho waste Of
preparing either for action would cost more in
economy IN a refusal TO keep it on an efficient
basis. ~ *'f@'%" 49, i@SN'f1 >a""
Mr., Taft. in systematizing department routine,
IN suggesting changes, as in the case of post
masters and assistant postmastorS," whereby
the two and three men who now do one mans
work be reduced to one, has suggested the only
real method Of saving by the Government. The
other sort of Economy that goes In waves
Is tho baldest sart az eStrayagaaee. ~ Economy
comes with system, with patience. with deter
mined attention to detail. Many waves Of it
would, as nearly as anything else, succeed in
swapping the ship of State.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-14
Splitting a State.

Politics and politicians generally are credited
with knowing where to stop when bucking the
courts. 1t now remains 10 be seen what course
the Roosevelt faction viii pursue in Michigan
after they hove thoroughly digested an opinion
handed down by It's Supreme Court when n
somcwhat similar situation to the one that now
exists came UP. The opinion reads: ANY
person or persons leaving a regular convention
81 which they form a part completely divorce
themselves from all privileges accruing to dele
gates"
This de, is.on. which was rendered by a full
bench, will play an important part In the Re-
publican convention in that State next Thurs
Go$. Tho situation among the Wolverines is
somewhat typical Of that which exists else
led by the governor. Charles S. Osborn, arc
following the tactics planned by Mr.. Roosevelt's
manager. Senator Dixon-i. e. bolt when not
IN the majority Dispatches from Michigan
show that the Roosevelt followers are doing
5ust as they were told to do. regardless Of any
Supreme Court decision. Their performances.
as soon az the convention got down TO business.
arr childish.
Michigan IS a rock ribbed Republic state,
on ons occasion the Democrats eIecting bat one
member In the State Legislature, Donovan Of
Gay county. Yet today there are leyel-headed
Republicans who believe the Democrats have
4 chance OF success, because Of the bitter fac
tionui fights started by Governor Osborn and
Colonel Roosevelt. The cry. OF the Roosevelt
men that NJ. Taft is pulling all strings on Fed
egnl oficeholders will hardly stand in Michigan.
rather II is on the other foot, for II can be said
The Rough Riders forces are doing that very
thing through the appointees of Governor Os-
lnrn, Mr., Roosevelts friend. Such a claim as
that recently made by Senator Dixon Is like
the pot calling the Kettle black.
Just one thing Is left for the Wolverine in
surgents~-th@ violent sei"ing OF their State con-
vontion on Thursday. Such a little thing as Il
supreme Court decision is no obstacle to men
under such leaders, because of their ability to
find loonhoies through which TO force them
selves-WashingtoH Herald.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-14
BENI-MORA TEMPLE
.~pe > .TOffAVE BIG EATS

Beni-Mora Temple, u. O. X. Il, will
celebrate the nth anniversary Of the
organization OF the order on next
Wednesday night at Fraternity Han.
An address will be made by Royal
Page John ID. Murrell, who will dis
course on everything from soup to
nuts. ands there will he plenty OF
good things to be distributed along
the period between the time Of
gathering and the close Of the royal
page'o remarks.
A notice has been sent out by Royal
yizier b. A. Ruffln. Secretary sohn w.
Starke and Sccrctary-Trcasurer b. C..
Hancock. .
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-14

ly ~virtuons people. But it will not do, as the
fate of this law shows, TO attempt to lcgisiate
without discrimination. In that case, it fire.
quently happens that the wrong sought to be cor
rected Is left standing because the act aimed at
il also interferes with . right.
The bucket shop" will not make its appear
ancc In the South again, but 1t will not be be-
cause the widely copied North Carolina law
stands in the way. On the contrary 1t is be-
cause through the fraud orders of the p~ostofice
and the vigilance OF the great exchanges the gen
try who once ran the greatest and safest swim
Ole ever devised have been put In the dark cor
usrs where more candid crime naturally abides.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-14

If General Fred Funston Is indeed to succeed
General Grant as commander Of the department
OF the East, there may lie some hope of the cap
ture Of the outlaws Of the Blue Ridge and the
taxicab robbers in darkest New York.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-14

A Kansas City man who was visiting In the
Ozarks recently had occasion to buy half a
dozen collars and went to the local store, ac-
companied by his wife.
clerk asked.
NO said the Kansas Citian. 'men's collars,
size IS"
w don't keep en-" the clerk replied.
Don't keep them p said the city man in
deep scorn. Don't the men around here wear
Nav" said the clerk: "men don't wear
city Star,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-14

Statements as to the strong defense which will
BE- put up by the members Of the Allen gang
MAJ mean that tho theory Of their counsel viii
be that the deaths in HtllsyilIe courthouse were
the result Of heart failure.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-14

Hillshoro, North Carolina, has just slept
peacefully through an explosion of dynamite
which wrecked the bank vault. What was a
town as sleepy as that doing with a bank?
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-14

Governor Harmon says that WI. Bryan's
charges are wanton. Certainly. Hasn't W. J.
been wantoning along through the adjectives
since the time of the Cross Of Cold?
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-14

1t Is to be noticed that Mr.. Roosevelt is very
keen for all reforms except that suggested by
Woodrow Wilson OF preconvention publicity Of
expenses incurred In procuring delegates.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-14

Delay in granting Barton Heights request for
annexation shows how necessary it Is to make
up ones mind and keep it 50.