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things as thieving, robbins and the like
the Chief Executive believes that re-
form methods will work well, but when
murder. burglary and other serious
crimes are committed the Governor
thinks punishment should be mctcd ONT
To the fullest extent Of the law Llttl.
good can be done for man convicted
OF Killing another or OF breaking Into
houses in order To rob. the Governor Is
inclined TO think. More good can be ac-
comrlished. he believes. by actually
furnishing men for these crimes and
letting them suffer for them instead OF
giving them a good time. The average
Eun'ndn ~ brought up In 4 circle Of
crime and VIII go back to that circi.
no matter what thoughts are instillctl
IN MN during pleasant stay in prison,
the Governor thinks
The Governors attitude Is not ono
taken hastily. He has dealt with many
criminals In his career, and has had M
opportunity To study them at close
range. ~ the manner OF the men
brought before him IN the District Al
torncy's office IN New York city. Mr.
Whitman has Judged whether or not
they feared prison. and whether or not
their fear was instilIed by the electric
I chair IT is by watching criminals
closely. questioning them and probably
even by threatening them, that tho
Governor has come TO his conclusion
tEhN IL N'NIi nc wrong 10 dDOllSH tIt
death penalty. II has been asserted
that IL was only the fear OF the death
chair which brought about confessions
from certain men and resulted In TIC
arrest and conviction OF Police Lieu
tenant Charles a. Becker for the muir
der OF Herman Roscnthal in New York
two years ago.
Governor Whitman is determined that
the death penalty shall not be aboi.
ished while he is Governor. The state
prison superintendent. John r. Riley, is
in favor OF abolishing II, and so is
Thomas Mott Osborne, but II Is not BE-
licvcd that the bill can be put through
the Legislature. There was some sur
prize two days after the Governor an
nouncci his opposition to doing away
with capital punishment when Thomas
Mott osborne and others Incorporated a
league with the object OF eliminating
tho capital punishment law from the
statute books. IT was learned, however.
that the papers OF incorporation were
fled several days before the Governor
made his position plain, and il Is be-
licvcd that the league will die "a
! bornin'."
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Old Landmark To Move

Shoomakcrs has moved, says a dis
patch from Washington.
The quaint old restaurant landmark
which has stood along Newspaper Row
PENNSYLVANIA Avenue was n continuous
mudholc has been showed under by
the march OF progress The place
where statesmen. diplomats, journalists
and financiers have slipped their juleps
among the cobwebs has gone to n new
location.
Not so very long ago Ebert Hub
bard. the bard OF East Aurora. (which
is in Erie County, New York" wrote
a monograph about Shoomakers He
wrote OF Colonel John Joyces poetry
pasted on the wall; of the cobwebbcd
ceilings and corners, and OF the grave
breach of etiquette involved in de-
stroying one OF these cdbwcbs.
Shoomaker's was Il "gcntleman's
bar" If you were not a gentleman
you were not supposed to frequent
ShOomakers. The hartcnders never
wore aprons; they were simply bust
ness mon, clad in conventional black
suits. without even the cuffs of the
coat turned back. The cashiers desk,
with its antiquated wooden CASH
drawer. Clipped ana SCARED with the
ring OF quarters and half-dollars. stood
midway between the bar and the front
door. The bartender never used n cash
register. ne would nave used loud tones
sooner. When the libation was received
he pushed across check with it. If
you were honest YOU paid the check as
you. went out the door. If YOU were
not honest YOU went right out with
out paying-but only once.
The wall behind the bar was q
museum. 1t was hung and clustered
and overlaid with mcmcntos OF Il Wash
inSton long past
There used to be story OF news
paper correspondent In the old days
who inclined nightly toward Shoe
makers. lie had planned to write n
story about some art work that had
been done ut the Capitol, but he got
his dates Cor his drinlts) mixed, and
filed n 1000 word story on tho decora-
lions behind Shoomaker's bar.
Shoomalcr's. however. is not the
only famous old place OF It's kind TO
yield to time ana progress. Han
cocks not quite as old as Shoomake r's,
but almost as hoary with memories
and traditions, passed into oblivion sew
cral months ago. flancock's was the
famous 1-2-3-i" Pennsylvania Avenue
This is said to have been ono OF tho
haunts of Daniel Webster. and Beau"
Hickman made Hancocks his head
quarters.
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Hats Off to Helena

IL ELENA is not a womanshc is a town in
L l. Montana, wherein sit the august lcgis-
lating body OF that Splendid State where the
present generation is two degrees removed
from those who blazed the woods to find their
way home. Out OF the effete East into the
rugged Northwest tioated fantastic idea that
women need some special SOFT OF protection
Providence, ii seemed, had failed to endow
woman with common sense. In the East this
called for polcewomen and women carctakers,
chaperons and professional uplifters all to
warn woman OF some ptfall ahead or guard
her against her natural enemy. man Women
in the East said the upfters, were all in
Sabine peril Of capture by this awful enemy
Out in Helena they have feet 10 walk upon
and minds TO think with, have women So
when petition was offered in the Legislature
by the Womans Study League OF Helena
tnote the erandioquence of the nornenca-
ture!) providing for the appointment of
chapcrons for women visiting tho state Cant
tol during legislative sessions. the petition
was ircontincn7ly Thrown out the window ms
a reflection both upon the women Of Montana
and the members of Montana's Lcgislature
Hats off TO Helena! The false idea Of
woman generally that she is irresponsible
and weak, that she is prey to masculine per-
nay at all times. is becoming ridiculous by the
extremes OF its opponents.
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Ono of tho Days Best Cartoons.

ALBANY, ~ Y. January l3.--Gun
men would make it unsafe to live in
New York city If the death penalty as
a punishment for murder in the first
degree should be abolished is the opin-
ion of Governor Charles &. whitman
The Governor admits that he is opposed
to any bill abolishinG capital punish
mcnt, but despite this such u measure
has been introduced in the Legislature
II prescribcs that the penalty FOR muir
der In the first degree shall he life i'm
prisonmcnt
Governor whi,man's experience as
public prosecutor in New York city FOR
the past ave years has convinced him
that the average criminal and gunman
has no fear OFFS prison sentence, hut
that the shadow OF the electric chair
is great deterrent to crime And the
Governor believes that with tho gang
situation remaining as il is in New
York City crime would increase im'nc-
datcly by leaps and bounds should the
death penalty be removed.
II am unaltcrahly opposed 10 abolish
ing the death penalty said the Gov
crnor when asked about II. When
pressed for a further statement he re-
fused, declaring that he ought not to
talk about it, as there Is a possibility
that the bin proposing TO abolish the
death penalty may pass tho Legislature
and he sent 10 him Tor executive APP
prevail In such case he would veto
1t. and probably would file a mcmcran-
dunn with tho veto defining his atti-
tudc exactly.
one reason for the Governors oppo-
sitiou to doing away with the electric
chair is believed to be the steps which
have been taken recently In prison re-
form, work While il Is generally un-
dcrstood that Governor Whitman is q
believer in prison reform work his
friends declare that he is not inclined
to 20 so far IN il as Thomas Mott os-
borne, recently named head OF the Sin,
Sing prison, and other men who have
made study Of prison ways. In the
mind OF the Governor it does not do to
max" prison life too easy for convicted
culprits. for If this should lie done tn"
criminal will gradually come TO the
conclusion that few years in prison
amount to nothing more than a rest
cure and he Will not be kept from in
dulgiug in crime.
1t is also said that the Governor does
not favor tho prison reform methods OF
treating offenders sent To state prison
for the more serious crimes. For such
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The Voice Of the People
Lord nohcrts md stoncwnm .Inckson.

TO the Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Sir,-ln an account of recent visit to ,h,
late Lord Roberts, EnGland's great general
lrvin :. Cobb tells Of the interest which n"
ernccd in our Civil War. In Expressing his
regret that he had not visited the United States
America produced some magnificent soldiers
in those four yearH--and tho greatest of them
to my way Of thinking. StoncwalI Jackson
In my opinion, Stonewall jackson was ono OF
tho greatest natural military seniuscs mo
world ever saw. will go even further than
that: as Il campaigner i'm the field, nc never
had a superior In some respects doubt
some one m,tsntloning that General Jackson
Roberts said; Any soldier might learn much
might have learned good deal, too, bv st,,dv
ing the campaigns Of Jackson, had the order IF
the times in which the men lived hccn
reversed" Hanging over Lord Robcrtss dcsE
Il steel engraving Of Stoncwall jackson
and il is partly through his influence that The
History of Jacksons Campaigns" MS a tcxt-
book, is used in the military college at said
hurst " '''''
II is gratifying that EnGland's great general
gencrals and it is well in this daV whe erea6"st
worry crude not ions and misleading statemo,,t :.
regarding the brilliant Southerncr have Tound
publications, that the correct view from sn
reliable and renowned source. be he la M 70
the gaze OF the rising generation. We are thus
pcrmitted to see even in our times. which are
and 1ealousies have not yet slept the sieep Of
oblivion, the position which Stonewnil Jackson
will take in history. SAMUEL 7, IySSInncsoh
Richmond January IS, 1915 " 20
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sible efficiency will be supplied. it has now
become evident. by the friends of that theory,
who in the House ut least. hold decisive
majority, Fortunately, also, that ma jority
appears to be sufficiently determined and
cohesive to rebuke attempts to cause confu-
sion and delay.
1t is SO clear now that partial segregation
is the plan OF reform that will be adopted
if any is adoptcd-that il Is time for all
those who feel just resentment against
existing conditions and real desire to alter
abuses. to sink their private prcjudices and
help reform along. Obviously, the commis
sion advocates are not to have ther way.
Their choice Is between giving active assist
ance to the more numerously favored theory.
strengthening by helpful and constructive
criticism the measures offered and policy
of obstruction and destruction that may leave
the state at the end of the special session,
just where it was before.
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Not All the Views

TO the Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Referring to the editorial note in
your issue OF 18th. inst. upon the care
full selection by the New York Times
or numerous hostile newspaper com
ments upon President Wilson'S Indian
aDoiis speech, and the exclusion of
those which were commendatory, take
the liberty Of saying that / wrote Il
letter to the editor of the Times on the
18th inst, making substantially the
same suggestion OF editorial unfair
ness that you make. But for reasons
doubtless sufficient to itself, the Times
has not thus far published my letter,
which was as follows:
"We, The People of England.
Editor New York .Times,--I submit
that the caption Of the column on the
editorial page of your issue Of l3tj,
inst, entitled Press of Country o.,
Wilson'S Speech is inaccurate and mis-
leading in that 1t attempts to convey
the impression that the nine extract
from editorials of other papers. all com
mcnting adversely upon the Presidents
speech at indianapolis on the Sth inst.
express the sentiment of the press Of
the country. But this is not true. \
uuHlDeT Oh lHe members or the 'uress
OF the country quite as representative
and respectable as are those whocc
opinions you quote, have expressed
just the opposite opinion Of Mr.. Will
sons speech. Without unduly trespass-
ing upon your space by quoting from
mt least nine of these, am writing 10
suggest that ii would be eminentiy
proper that Il journal like the Times
one OF whose especial sources OF self
graduation and, IN the majority OF
Instances. justly so, is it's fairness and
judicial poisc-should give its readers
an opportunity to hear also tho other
side Of the present case. The material
or this you can easily secure by eIanc-
Ing over the issues of other members
or the press of the country OF the last
Few days. predict that In quantity
ana quality IL will ut least equal in
commentator the condemnation of Tho
nine Journals selected by you. prcsum-
ABLY AZ random for your head lines say
mat these are unaffected by partisan
snip. In widely separated cities TO
sum II all up, let the motto OF your
paper be not only all the news that's
nt TO print but, also. all tho views
that's fair to print"
,,. - GEORGE BRYAN.
Richmond, January 10, 1915.
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Tax Commission Advocates Choicc

M Genera Assembly shows every sign Of
seI.ihg Gown to real work, and now
gives sound promise Of accomplishinr s,,t,'
stantial results in providing tax rnrnru So.
this State. Especially docs this arnear r. ha
the case in the House. Tie snbstitn,o ,.r
hai segregation measure, framed win i've &C.
sislance Of Governor Stuart. introduced w.
Delegate Weaver ana favorably renor,o,
the Finance Committee is to be supplr,non,aI
by bill comforting on the State AuIi,or
adequate authority to ferret out concealed ~ =.
ton. aka"
Such other Liquidation as is needed 70 c,,,o
the partial segregation plan the highes, noa
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SONGS AND SAWS


strange. Is II not. that Of the Cups we drink
And on the gray Tomorrow pause and think
Not ono has had 4 single in effect.
Save that last drausht into ourselves to- sink?
Tho first and all the rest that intervene,
by rare and fragrant Memory arc kept green
But that nccurscd cup they call The Last
Oh. that that cup our eyes had never seen.
Why can We not. when in the gay pursuit
OF Pleasure and liilarity. to boot.
cut out that final peg and 'Scape the pangs
It's sure TO cause each pcnitcnt Cabot?
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Why Not Get Together,

. ICHMOND will be glad to welcome Assist
y ant Secretary Of the Treasury Newton
and the Post-Oficc Department official who is
TO accompany him, when they come here TO
decide all over again the veXed and vexing
question of whore the additional postal faciIi-
ties the city needs shall be provided We
nope they Will hear everybody interested and
reach some decision. and VIC hope then that
Richmond business interests will get together
to make the decision effective
After all. what the city requires is addi-
tfonai poSt-ofice room, permitting the con-
vcnicnt transaction OF the increasing Dostol
business Of this territory. The Times Dis
patch has urged in the past, and still be-
lleVes, that il these considerations can be
reconciled with the purchase OF the Eleventh
and Main Street site, the government should
make an effort 10 acquire that property, at
price within the appropriation. The gov
crnment owes that much TO the owners who
have held up considerable improvements of
lheir own devising at the request of Federal
officials and local business organizations
When adyices from Washington were all
TO the effect that the Treasury Department
had found this site less desirable than some
others, and had definitely determined II
would not use the appropriation for this sites
purchase. we urged amendment to the an
proprlatlng measure that would permit the
use OF the money somewhere else Orr only
thought waste prevent the loss of all chance
OF obtaining what everybody admits Is
needed
Now that the matter is reopencd. let lis
settle our private differences as soon as nos
sible. We shall not get very far by this
strenuous pulling in opposite directions.
It's getting to be regular that the telc-
graph editor can't tell you during his lunch
hour who is Provisional President of Mexico
lie went to the water cooler the other day to
draw drink, and when he returned to his
desk Cara had succeeded Gutierrez. A fine
country, that.
II is not often that Richmond's Chief of
Foiice gets stuck in the mud, literally or
hfnrativey, as Major Werner was on
Monday afternoon. Bit suburban streets
gust now offer unusual opportunities for this
/ form of recreation
Germany is preparing for q great celebra-
| ton OF the Kaiscr's birthday next week 1t
| would he almost pity if the allies should
| do anything to render celebration inappro-
! pirate
Senator Lodge still thinks that a German
or japanese eXpedtionary army may be ex-
I pcccd TO land on our coasts on or about
/ April /.
II Carrpnza keeps 1t up long enough, his
Uncle Samuel may have to hand him some
thihg merA vigorous than protest.
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Shy Sammy yynitcd.

When Sammy entered the library Tho otbor
evening and. pcrchng himself the edge OF :,
chair, liked an unblinllinE eye on his sisters
latest conquest. that young gentleman sbowod
distinct signs OF uncaSiness
Why do YOU stare ut me in that fashion,. he
asked nj last.
Well" answered Sammy. isis says YOU arc
perfect scream, aud was Just waiting to hear
you turn one loose "
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Splitting the nlner.nce

Private Jinks-Shnll we
advance. captain, or retire?
Captain Blinks-Wcll. un-
der all the circumstances, I
think this Is Il case in which
we should compromise. You
advance and / will retire.
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prOUOrtiot,.

Stuhbs-When is rcformer blind to his own
vices? ~ MS '"i'
people. Vi o'"cr
rletc. In nine cases out of ten 49, ~
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-21

peace that was costing the pations nearly
sS'voo'ooo.ooo n year to maintain. II at the end
vi this war the nations return to the, condition
Oh armed peace that previously prevailed, another
war or similar character ana consequences Is M
inevitable as the rising OF the sun The money
Tor armies and navics has to be earned by men
VINO work with their hands. and at the rate or
increase in competitive armament during tho
last twenty years the men who work with their
hahds could not indefinitely pay the price Nor
would they indefinitely pay the price. peacn
that does not settle this stupcndous question is
not peace. 1t is only II truce Another genera
.,oh would have to finish the work that this
generation proved incompetent to carry to
conclusion Whatever the horrors Of this war
may be. whatever the cost I'm life and treasure
none of II will have been In vain if the world
is delivered from another armed peace and
mankind is cn'ancipatcd from militarsm On
no other terms civt1iZatio re establish
itself.-New York World
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Queries and Answers
Emerson,

Did Emerson write that bit about the worlds
making path to the door of any mar Viz
could make better mouse trap than any one
else? &, AZ T.
1t has always neen attributed to him, but it
Is not seemingly to be found in anv Of bis
writing, The general opinion is that it occurred
In some letter written by him. much talked
about at the time and never published
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Is there any grammatical objection to Thine
is the kingdom and the power and the rIory,o
B. ID. i.
Not the slightest. Language spoken or written
without variation from rigid law would be such
bore that people would soon stop reading and
talking In the form you give there is no difli-
Guilty In understanding the repetition of tho
verb, Thine Is the Kingdom Chime Isl Inc
power and Ultinc is) the glory" ranlnatically
the form would DO well with ARE" .but
miscally, it is fifty times better as it stands
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One VIC Irnrrnt-

ne ahcientS were Il lucky lot.
Iher Knew of war and storm.
hut never heard of such a thing
AS modern tax reform.
TIE TATTLEf,.
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Published every day In the year by The Times.
dispatch PubiiHhfng Company, Inc. Address all
communications to THE T1MES-DISPATCIf,
Times -Dfxpntch building, 10 South Tenth Street
VtchnoHd. Wa.
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Chats With Virginia Editors

,er up says the Newport. News Times
iieraio. The Peninsula Is not going dry" I'm
less however. some should be startled ~,
inns statement. the Times Herald explains ~
ioho"s: For three years the Lower ponin..,,
vas snort OIL rain. and fears were entertained
pF some that the drought was permanent ,rhnv
ncld mat the scarcity of rain was duc IN ~,
Iac' mat much of the timber had been cut away
mat old theory WAS long ago exploded nv he
mica states Weather Bureau. and ii has been
ne" "o"h 'h's way by the coplous flow OF
ram IN the past several months" Str,nro now
disappointing folks can be- And ,bi,,, ~,
the Iimes-iicrald devoting All this spacc 10
water
Progress toward oblivion of an institution,
that once had considerable vogue in ,his
country is recorded thus by the Covington vir-
slniah; Yes, the old-time editor is moving on
He's dying and, still, he's diving without
hohor Fold him up with his commissions from
the gang town scavenger or inspcctor Of
clocks or postmaster and his railroad pas.cs
ana All the other brides that were used I'm hav-
Ing him color suppress the news and hurry
him forty fathoms deep" And vet "the old
time editor had his points Just to enumerate
n few of them. he was wonderful Judge of
corn whisiicy, sun-cured tobacco and poker
hands
The editor of the Sandy Valley News speak
ing from experience he says, delivers this adj
vice from the top seat of the water wagon:
"A mint Julip with big red cherry on top is
the natural spice tree OF Dixie land. ana for the
time being T. viii lift men out of the SLOUGH
OF dcspond and place them back on the banks
or old Plum Creek, n bare footed boy, lying in
a bed OF sDhcremint and listening to the mock
ing bird in the old sugar tree, exhausted all The
scocery Of her art In trying to explain the magic
power good liquor has. But il does tote
fair; for one, probably two hours you wander
dreaming iE the Eysian fields and then what
difference in the morning. Conc arc the
dreams of your boyhood days when you sportcd
in beds Of sphcremint as free tho bounding
deer. the knocking birds gong has changed from
cncontirns on mint julip to the wall of loss
souls damned The JOY rides OF the night he
fore, In guided car, have changed to a sad
eyed soul riding a broken dmp cart down n
slippery rainbow. No boys, IL doesn't tote fair:
champagne, listening to the sound OF celestial Al
music" This sounds absolutely all right cxcept
tho last sentence When did they start to play
the music referred to anywhere near the sea of
champagne?
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The I,eCs,

Can you give me the address OF Miss Virginia
Lee, daughter of Governor Ftzhugh Lee and
the address OF Captain Robert Il. Lee?
q. r. w. MILLER
She Is Mrs. John c. Montgomery. Her address
ia Manila, Philippine Islands, where her husband
is an officer in the Seventh United States Cavalry.
Captain Robert f. Lee Is dead.
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MrfulunO Giulrs- pispatrb

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