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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-11-20
POLITICIANS TURN THEIR
EYES To NEXT SUMMER
State Primary for Governor and
Other Offices Promises TO
BE Interesting.
LISTS NOT YET FINALLY CLOSED
No More Candidates Expected for
Governor, but Additional Names
May BE Brought Out for Attor-
ncy-GeneraI.

With the turmoil incident TO the ad-
vent "f prohibition out of the way and
I the recollection Of President Wilson ad-
mit;cd by everybody except cN-Justcc
hughes. the spotlight turns again upon
/, politics ut home, revealing a state of
affairs which. good politicians say. is
ripe for developments. The state pri-
mary does not come until next August
but seekers after political hunors are
/ long headed. and Interesting announce
m"nts are looked for Within the mex;
I few wccks--pcrhaps before the new
year.
4 AS far as II has been completed, the
official lineup Of candidates for the
state offices for which nominations will
hc na6e in The primary of August, 1917.
reads like this:
GOVERNOR. Taylor Ellyson and John
Garl?nd Pollard Richmond, and West
mcrcland Davis. I.oudoun.
Lieutenant Governor Martin Will
| ii"ws. Giles, and Frank b. Buchanan.
| Smyth.
state Treasurer-A. W. IIarnfan,
Richmond. incumhcnt: and Charles a
Johnston. Radford.
Secretary of the Commonwealth-B.
O. James. Richmond. incumbent. and
J. ". g. Grasiy. Staunton.
Attorney Gcneral-HuS ~ White.
Rockhridgc.
| Superintendent OF Public Iustruc-
| tion--R. {. StearneS. Richmond. in
! cumbent. and Harris Hart. Roanoke.
LIST PROBABLY COMPLETE
As TO THE COMPREHENSIVE
Even a cursory examination of me
list is enough TO make clear that il is
not in its final form. 1t is reasonable
to assume that the list is complete az
TO the governorship. The three can
didates now in the field will probably
remain in it. All three are periecting
their organizations. and the beginning
OF the new year will probably see in
crcasing activity In their scbaratc
campaigns The engaging face OF one
OF the candidates has for several weeks
Sraced tn" street car cards and smiled
down OH the voter he rode.
The lieutenant sovernorship presents
problem. Both Martin Williams and
/ former state Senator Frank Is. I:urh-
aran are from the southwest II both
! stay in the race they will diNii.. the
vote of that section, and candidate
! from the eastern part OF the state
/ might come in u winner. Both Euch-
anan and Williams are organization
men. and If they both rum. an anti.
machine candidate might run away
/ with the prize. Obviously. the orgami-
/ Hatton has, here nice problem 20 AL
/ just. That problem consists IN elimi-
/ mating one OF the two Organization
candidates. That it Will be done is
4 taken for granted.
/ The entries for both the state Treas
urcr and Secretary Of the Common
wealth Offices. il is believed as sim
4 incomplete. The field for the Treas
/ urcr'S office began with four in the
/ running. BESIDES The two now il the
/ list. there We're James T. Bolts ~
| Roanoke, and George T. keezell Of
i Rockingham. the two last-named,
] however have officially announced their
4 nd i. "a Lon
\ accredited candidates Mr.. Hartman and
I MIR. Johnston.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-11-20
STEARNES ANSWERS
AUDITING COMMITTEE
Required by Law to Incorporntc
Matter Complained OF in
Annual Report.
DID NOT ASK roH INFORMATION
Says Department Is Always Prepared
to Furnish Complete Data as to
Handling of School i'undS-WiI-
liamS Silent on Catawbu Charges.

Advcrs" criticism by tha state Auditinl:
Committee Of the practice of the State
Superintendent of Public instruction in
Including in his annual report cN-
traucouS data dealing with State cdu-
cational institutions not under his con-
troll. thereby burdcnin;. the state with
u"cdieSSiy large printing bills hroue Int
from Superintendent Stcarucs last
might tn" reply that precisely the mat
ter complained or Is REQUIRED by law.
- he included in his report.
.hu examination of section 1881 Of
IN" Code appears to support MIR.
StcarnosS position. /, requires the
various higher educational institutions
Ia iilc annually with the superintendent
Of Public instruction Il detailed state
neut oil their affairs. and further re-
qur"s til. superintendent Ia include
il in his annual report on tn. public
school system.
SAYS AUDITING COMMITTEE
DlD NoT ASK For FACTS
MIR. Stcarucs expressed rrc;,; sur
pris" last night in regard to the Audit
Ing Commuters statement that com
p'ctc records for the fiscal year ending
September ~. 1916 were not available
in his Office. and that the figures had
- be obtained from the Second Auditor.
mo one has ever applied to the
department of Public Instruction on
behalf Of the committee" said MIR
Stcarncs, for facts in reference 10
the past school year or for records for
the fiscal year ending September 10.
1916 and the department is always
prepared To furnish, in complete form.
all facts touching the receipt and dis
hurscmcnt If state school funds In
fact. ~ complete record Of all warrants
issued for disbursements may hc found
only In the Department of Public In
Struction.''
state Health Commissioner Ennion
c. Williams declined Yesterday TO com
mcnt on the suggestion Of the state
Auditing COMMITTEES. contained in its
annual report 10 the Governor. that il
might he advisable to look into tho
feasibility of removing III. catawhI
Sanatorium from the control and SUI
pervision OF the state Board Of Health
ana placing il under the direction of
an independent board of visitors. the
plan of government followed in tn.
the ease Of other institutions OF this
character in Virginia.
THAT is III: tier that rests with tho
board. and cannot undertake To dis
rusS II on iny own responsibility" said
Or. Williams, last night. n" preferred
also not Ia 20 into an examination OF
that the Sl3.Ic weekly per capita cos,
OF maintenance at catawb.t seems to
be somewhat excessive" The annual
reports OF the state Board Of Health.
h. said. give fun information US 10 the
practices followed 1T catawbsi. and III.
reports Spcak for themselves
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-11-20
WILL CONSIDER CHANGES
IN TRAFFIC ORDINANCE
First Hearing Is Set for Tomorrow
Night at the City
Hall.
CONGESTION AT MANY POINTS
Traffic Sergeant Bradley Says Auto
mobile Drivers Ignore Present
LAW In Regard to Running TOO
Close to Standing Street Cars.

The subcommittee of tho Council
Committee on Ordinances. appointed
for the purpose OF recommending
changes which are needed to regulate
traffic. win gct down 10 work at 8
O'Clock t"-morrow night This com
hi,t"e was called to meet last week.
hat owing to the fact that Alderman
Fuller, chairman. could not hc present,
II was postponed untii this week
Chief of Police Werner. Fire Chief
J"yncs. Traffic Sergeant Bradley.
George ". Rorcrs. chairman Of the
ira'iic oOt-mittcc OF tn. Rotary Club,
ana other persons Interested have been
Invited 70 be present III order 10 give
the committee Tia" benefit Of their
views on whu, amendments are needed
TO the present tralc iaw
The growth OF tie city and the con-
s"lu"nt congestion al tra'ilc at sew
cr;,l points has made ii imperative
that certain change. in tn. regulations
be made for the benefit and safety Of
tn. public. Several changes which
from tim" to time have been contcm-
plated have been held in allegiance until
they could All be considered together
AUTOMOBILE: DRIVERS
RiN roo CLOSE 10 CARS
Asked as to what II" cortsidercd tho
most important chang" necessary IN
the traffic law. T:t'itC Sergeant Br:td-
Icy declared that there were 80 many
things which should hc guarded against
that IT Was Impossible To pick out ono
as u greater need than thc other. How
ever. he added that one OF IN" most
urgent things was To soc that the rules
ar" enforced after thcy are adopted
lh"r" are some provisions Of tho
existing law which arc entirely ig-
nor"i especially by automobile drivers"
said Bradley. Except Il, points where
:, tia''ic officer is on liked post, little
attention Is paid TO III" rules requiring
vehicles to travel 1s clos. to the curb
AS possible, and that which requires a
vehicle to come To a fun stop not less
than eight feet from q street car al n
Standstili ~ almost entirely overlooked
~ accidents ar. 10 he reduced TO a
minimum, II Is Of pr!;n. Importance
that all viclators OF every provision
OF til. traffic ordtnarC. he summoned
10 court and punished for their negli-
u.nr,.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-11-20
NAY BE ANOTHER CANDIDATE
EOIt EDUCATION OFFICE

There IS s,ill a feeling in many quar-
tors that Their. will he another candi-
date tor the Office Of Superintendent Of
l'ah!ic Instruction besides Tho TWO inat
have already announced themselves
the most immediate interest. now
ever. attaches to the Office Of Attor-
ncy-General for which Hugh ~ White.
Of sockbEidSe. is al present tho unl,.
"nh"unced aspirant Mr.. White belongs
10 the anti-organ!zation wing OF the
state Democracy, and viii certainly
hay" opposition. Ever since Mr. Whites.
announcement last February, gossip
has busted itself with picking n!s op-
pouent. but so far the quest has been
fruit!cSs.
For time it looked as If Floyd w
King. az Clifton Forge would hc
brought out as the organization cand! :
date. but III recent weeks the forecast :
crs hnva turned their eyes eastward
and picked for the honor state Senator
Saunders. Of MiddleseN; State Senator
Mapu, Of .Accomac, and sundrv other
legal and Legislative lights. None nC
them, however. has given any indica
;ion that he will run. and the organiza
ton is sim without a candidate for
this Office
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-11-20
sweet nrInr Alumni to Meet.

y called meeting Of the Sweet Eriar
Alumni! Association will he held this
Afternoon at o'clock at the home of
Miss BESSIE Whittct. 1l2 West Grace
street All members are urged TO at
tend. as business Of Importance will be
discussed
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-11-20
Funeral of Aged servant.

The funeral OF Thomas ~. Harris
colorcd, for thirty-siN years n valued
employee OF Of the old Richmond. later
TIA" Comm ouNScalth, Club. where he was
"oll known 10 the membership rs
"Aiajo Will take place from the First
BAPTIST Church. colorci, Tuesday after
noon at = o'clock
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-11-20
lecture on Christian scrcnc.

Christian Science viii he tn. them.
81 a lecture To be delivered Tomorrow
night. beginning at $50 o'clock ~
til" Academy Of Music hy Frank Rel.
81 harrisburg, IA. Mir. Bell rs a mem
Der ~ the board 81 lcvturcship of III.
Mother Church. the First Church Of
The sun., 1916-10-03
Useful ness In Art.

Director EpwARD ROBINSON Of the
Metropolitan Museum of Art denies
that he ever intends to set the statu-
airy of that institution In motion, III
though the Use of the cinema In the
educational departments of moro than
one well known museum of nrt has
already been approved. There are.
however, more modern uses OF the
museum in Central Park than even
the motion pictures suggest. Its gal
leries are just at present the resort
of designers from the large mercan-
tile establishments who are seeking
there the models which are not ar
irving now from Europe as frequently
az they used to. Already popular
fashions have been created from the
study Of the collections.
The important part that the insti-
tuition now plays In the artistic life
of the country may he understood
from statistics just made public. OF
the 81, 900 artists-this number in
cludcs painters, sculpt0rs, designers
and teachers of art-that are accord
ing TO the latest census residing In
the United States 17,494 live in this
city. The enrolment of art students
In 1914 was for the whole country 81,
GG3. and of these more than o%ne-third.
or 12,l2i. are in Sew York. So II Is
| really tho art life of the country
which Is represented by this city. and
| what Is characteristic of the Metro
politan Museum Of Art may be said
to reflect the conditions among artists
in all the other cities.
The demand for training In indus
| trial art Is just now the most strik'
ing feature of the profession. The
, same motives which send the de-
slgnerS of dress aud jewclry to tho
museums have led to an increase In
The number of those who are anxious
10 qualify themselves for such d
means Of livelihood. There Is nc
longer dependence on the designers OF
the European countries. Conditions
have made II impossible to rely ~
them. 1t is not alone in this phast
of industrial art, however, that the
need Of training * felt. Draughts
manship Is connected with 80 many
phases Of industry that the demand
for training In that and other alliet
The sun., 1916-10-03
NJ WILSON POLICY.
Would II strip Travelling Americans
OF Every RIgh 10 Protection:

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-sir: In
his paper ''Thc Achievements Of the
Democratic Party" In the October At
ldn'ic President Eliot says;
To President wilson's Admtn.stra'io thu
country owe, - thorough comWit;al to
two policies which nearly concern it, right.
enusuess AMI Is dignity. The first Of
these policies is no war WITH MeNico Tn"
second Is no intervention by force ~ arms
to protect on foreign soil American com
merciai and manufacturing adventures
who OF their own free Will hsv. Invested
their money or risked their live. IN for
e!gn part. under alien jurisdictions.
ask q careful reading OF the second
policy. In common with man other
Democrats ! do not approve that policy.
but however that may re II raises this
interesting question:
Would not that policy. IN It's logical
application. govern the case Of Ameri-
cans who OF their own free VIII risked
their lives upon a foreign ship under
alien Jurisdiction bound FOR a seaport
OF one Of the be.ligerent nations and
bearing munitions OF war?
CHARLES A. BropEK.
NEW York. October ..
The sun., 1916-10-03
Self starting Troubles.

1t Is the heyday Of the abb. Strike
leaders, European Generals and Amer
lean statesmen + all proving they
were not there when 1t happened.
What became of the 100 40? Don't
ask FITZGERALD or BONN.
. Whoever got us into war, twas
Woodrow kept Us ont.
The Germans were not in Jersey
when FRELINGHUYsEN beat MURPHY
and MARTINE led WE,CoTr's goat away
into captivity.
Why are the Giants fourth? Not
that they love the pennant less but
the straight game record more.
If IirGuEs should lose. remember
that 1t is II physical impossibiliry for
the Daniels overhead sense extin,
guisher To spout on every voter.
When the Presidential candidate OF
1860 cries for his milk. the dairymar
points tn the distributor, who point,
back NJ the duirymnn.
Nobody Is to blame for anything.
The sun., 1916-10-03

Old links Il getting ratified, Yes, I've
kind q got Il hunch
That Woodrow's CROWN black and blue
from tina thar Hughes punch:
I thought he'd Keep on talk!n' in a sort O
distant way,
But. gee. he's got us on the run and thar
Is hell 10 pay,
They said that he wuz mea'y mouthed
and DIDN'T have no heart,
But he's really mighty human and thar
amt no doubt he's smart.
Hes couuterin' on Woodrow and a-Jsbbln'
at his ribs,
I'm loyal t. my candidate but worried FER
his nibs.
''Thar a,n'r no subject Hughes ieclines to
tackle on the turnp
Thar aiu', no policy of our'n he a'n't hit
with u bump,
Tho IA Is on his stinein' tongue, and now
the country knows
That Hughes don't give no quarter when
ahgh,ir' Of his foes.
III. says that We wua ssrdhaggcd by tho
hrotherhuods, Hes right.
Rut who'd "A thought he'd have the narve
to bring tho truth to light
II Charley keeps on talkin' and Wood
rows digniti~i,
II look. AS II we Jirksrs will lose Wood
row fer a suide.'
As-
The sun., 1916-10-03
TIE PLAIN MANS THOUGHT.
lie Needs No Elaborate Argument 10
Identify a Backbone.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUN-Sir. The
Hon. Charles +. hughes, II elected Presi-
dent. and rothing now seems more GER
tam than that ne viii be. will be
elected hy the votes ~ the common pco-
Die, that great mass 81 the electorate
who have no time to split hairs or for
fine distinctions AZ to the relative merits
of the two candidates for this great
Office.
What the plain people want is a
President whose backbone Ia not made
OF Jelly,
They are reasonably certain that
Charles T.. Hughes IL that kind OF q
man and that Woodrow Wilson is not.
ana this has been shown on numerous
occasions to the Infinite disgust and
chagrin OF manly Americans.
Mr. Wilson's defenders and explaincrs
VIII discover IN November that all the
nnespun arguments and labored efforts
made by his champions to make the
worse appear the better candidate have
been poured into leaf ears,
The stars in their courses point to
Charles T.. hughes as our next Presi-
dent. The PEOPLE want him. the country
needs him. and they are going TO have
him. Nothing can be clearer than this
even to a man M II tree.
Mi. Richard Olney's able article will
doubtless be read by the Wilson wor-
shippers. but il will not change the atti-
tude Of those whose minds are made up,
for good and sufficient reasons, to vote
against the man "who has kept us out
of war; because lie couldn't helm il.
The sun., 1916-10-03

willy SroNE furnished the strategy.
Senator CLARKE neve took orders
from the White House. and was In a
chronic state Of insurgency. His es-
innate Of WOODROW WILSON must have
been very low. The Sepator's last md
greatest service to political indepen-
dence in the Senate was his opposition
to the eight hour bill. for which he
should always be honored. Rather
than sign 1t as President pro tempore
after passage he abandoned the chair
to Senator HuaHEs Of New Jersey,
who a incapable Of understanding
his colleagues scruples.
The explanation Of JAMES r.
cLARKE's influence and authority In
the Senate was not to be found In
what Is usually called personality. lie
vas nm able lawyer, he knew men
and their motives, he was always bold.
he had no nerves." his temper was
lmperious. and In politics he was per-
sistent and implacable. lie was the
strong man. even in his isolation and
the Senate will not soon see the like
of him again.
The sun., 1916-10-03
We Must Make Our Money Serve
Humanity.

II Is true. as the National City Bank
points out. that the Democratic in.
come tax puts the securities OF pro-
ductive enterprises hopelessly at ~ dis
advantage. Investors will naturally
prefer State and municipal bonds.
which are not subject to this tax.
Productive enterprise will suffer and
the ready sale Of the advantaged So
curiiies will simply encourage gov.
ernmental extravagances.
It IS true also that the added tax
on dividends paid to foreigners will
drive every dollar Of foreign capital
out Of the country"
1t is true that by making American
securities unstable abroad the ulti-
mate effect OF the present income tax
would he To force heavy gold ship
ments from this country after the war.
thus %lessening u gold reserve and
impairing u credit as a nation.
All these things are true. but they
are but the logical working ont Of
Democratic policy. the policy of de-
llberately destroying American for.
cign commerce. Were not our hank
erS warned at the outset Of Mr.. WILL
SONS administration that they had
better not try to protect American in
tcrests in the East by assoclating
themselves with the bankers of other
countries in lending money 10 China
Was not the protection Of the United
States withheld from American In.
vestors in Mexico; Did not Mr..
BRYAN. as Secretary Of State. warn
Americans 10 get out Of Mexico;
Have We not repeatedly been told that
Americans In Mexico We're e~Xploiters
Of the country whose dollar chasing
cancelled their rights ms American cit
liens to Washington's protection:
They were not there TO serve human
ity and We're of no account In Mr..
WILSON'S eyes.
Why any one should think II worth
while to point ont the disastrous eff.
fects Of the present income tax or
Il foreign commerce Is hard to un-
derstand. II Mr.. WILSON Is reelected
we look for a law making II a crime
for private persons or corporation,
TO lend money abroad. When It come,
to fixing up "A little loan for tn,
necessitous tNRR>NzA II Is Il different
story. On second thought would Il
not be better 10 frame q law forbid
ding private persons or corporations
to do business outside this countr,
without first having the approval o,
the State Department?
The sun., 1916-10-03
branches Of art has greatly increased

branches Of art has greatly increased
In every school.
The experience Of museums in this
city as well as In others has demon
strated the important truth that the
demand just now for we'll trained
industrial art workers IL large, where
MS students in the fine arts, such as
painting, often find their services In
little demand. But the skilled and
well trained workers in the paths that
lie within the field Of art as well rs
industry find a demand for their SER
vices at NIL times. Thus have the mn.
seums which have always supplied
The cravings for the beauties Of art
also begun to respond to the practical
demands Of those who hope to benefit
by the opportunities which these
storehouses Of the fine arts now offer
to the youth Of this country.
The sun., 1916-10-03
CLEAN UPi
Summer Has Brought Untidiness II
Hitherto Well Kept Streets.

To EDITOR OF The suN-str: For
some weeks past, since I have returned
from out Of town. I rave noticed certain
sections Of the city that are usually well
kept Uttered with papers and other
refuse. I rave IN mind particularly Q
block in Harlem on h east side OF
which there are rows OF private ous
and we'll kept dwelling houses. Further
west on both sides Of the street there
are stores. and 1t would appear that all
their paper Ia swept into the street. The
sidewalk is ever full Of garbage and
bundles OF paper. This small part OF
the street not only endangers the health
of the other citizens and breeds vermin
and other a~nnoyances. but detracts ma
terally from the good looks of an
otherwise respectable block.
Is the Street Cleaning Department
becoming lax In It's duties? And cannot
these few careless. untidy people be
prosecuted by nne or Imprisonment
when they place in jeopardy the health
and well being Of their fellow citisens
and when they destroy the good appear
ance of the city7 CONSTANT READER.
NEW York. September -.
The sun., 1916-10-03

Zeppelin consists Of about twenty
mon, rather more than less. Thirteen
bodies have been recovered from the
wreckage Of the monster that was
brought down In flames north Of Lon.
don on Saturday night, and as the
great envelope was blazing at a height
of severa, thousand feet It Is prob
able that some Of the crew were
burned to death. According to the
British official bulletin, ten Zeppelins
took part In the raid. That. aside
from killing non-combatants, Of whom
the number Is inconsiderable. they ac-
complishd the purpose for which they
were sent out IL inconceivable.
The evidence Of what was done in
previous raids is available to any n
who cares to examine 1t impartially.
From first to last these raids have
been failures in n military sense. ana
they certainly have not terrorized the
people of England. It Is to be sup
posed that the night attacks were
undertaken to do just this thing. hut
It should have occurred to the Ger
man Government that when English
men are being slain by thousands on
the western front the few casualties
inflicted In alrship raids would make
no impression upon British fortitude
nj home. As n matter OF fact. the
Zeppelin rid has become a spectacle
which the people. Indifferent to the
risk they expose themselves to, turn
out to see. SO from any point or
! view these vicious enterprises are an
| absolute failure. That they stimulate
| recruitin. has been proved over and
over again.
But what Of the attrition In crews
and ships that has now become a
feature Of many Ot the raids? The
Germans have been industriously
building Iclpelins at great expense,
: but they ,annot afford TO lose an air
shin a wepk-four have been de-
stroyed I'm as many weeks. No longer
can the efficiency Of the London de-
| fences In high angle guns and scouting
aeroplanes be doubted. Zeppelin ser
vice has become Unexpectedly deadly
and the danger Is one that the brav'
ost men recoil from. II the capita
is not vulnerable. it would seem hard
~ worth while to keep up the fctior
that something Of military value wa'
being accomplished on English soil b!
the air raiders.