Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 32, Number 95, 21 April 1907 — Page 3

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Roebuck was, therefor,, under the necessity of going through the customary forms of outward obedience to the supreme court's order to him to dissolve. He had to get at huge expense, and to carry out at huger, a plan of reorganization. Though he Vas glad enough to escape thus light-Jj-,he dissembled his " content and 'grumbled so loudly that Burbank's jfears were roused and arrangements were made to placate him. The Bcheme adopted was. I believe, suggested by vice President Howard, as shrewd and cynical a rascal as erer lived in "the mire without getting smutch or Isplash upon his line linen of respectability. ! For several years there had been i la strong popular demand for a revision of the tariff. The party had promised to yield, but had put off redeeming its promise. Now, there "see a necessity fs-r rsvising the tarjlfMn the Interest of ''the interests." (Some of the schedules were too low: 'others protected articles which the in terests wanted as free raw materials; a few could be abolished without offending any large interests and with the effect of punishing some - small rones that had been niggard in contrib uting to the "campaign fund" which maintains the standing army of political workers and augments It wherever a battle is on. . Accordingly, a revision of the tariff was In progress. To soothe Roebuck, they gave him a tariff schedule that would enable him to collect each year more than the total of the extraordinary expenses to which I had put him. Roebuck "forgave" me; and I really forgave B urban k. But I washed my hands of his administration. Not only did I actually stand aloof but also I disassociated myself from It in the public mind. When the- crash should come, as come It must with such men at the helm, I wished to be in a position successfully to take full charge for the work of repair. CHAPTER XXXII. A Glance Behind the Mask of Grandeur. Not until late in the spring of his second year did Burbank find 'a trace of gall in his wine. From the night of his election parasites and plunderers and agents of plunderers had imprisoned him in the usual presidential fool's paradise. The organs of the interests 'and their con sessional henchmen praised everything he did; I and my group of congressmen and my newspapers, as loyal parti zans, bent first of all upon regularity, were silent where we did not He Sank Back In the Carriage, YellowWhite and with Trembling Hands. praise also. But the second year of a president's first term is the beginning of frank. If guarded, criticism of him from his own side. For it Is practically his last year of venturing to exercise any real official power. The selection of delegates to the party's national convention, to which a president must submit himself for leave to re-submit himself to the people, is well under way before the end of his third year; and direct and active preparations for it must begin long in advance. Late la that second spring Burbank made a tour of the country, to give the people the pleasure of seeing their great man. to give himself the pleasure of their admiration, and to help on the congressional cam raign, the result of which would b the preliminary popular verdict upo his administration. The thinness c the crowds, the feebleness of the e thusiasm, the newspaper sneers ar flings at that oratory once hailed : a model of dignity and eloquenceeven he could not accep tho smoc." explanations of his flatterers. Ai In November came the party'? me-' orable overwhelming defeat reduci: our majority In the senate from ?0 6. and substituting for our raajc lty of 93 in the house aa oppositic majority of 67. I talked with him early in Januar and was amazed that, while he appr dated the public anger agralnst xh party, he still believed himself per sonally popular. "There is a lull r prosperity." said he, "and the peopl. are peevish." 9oon, however, by sort of endosmoeis to which tlu densest vanity is somewhat subject the troth began to seep through and to penetrate Into him. He became friendlier to me, solicitous toward spring but he clunr non the less tightly to Goodrich. The

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mer when the press and the politi cians of the party began openly to discuss the next year's nomination and to speak of him as 11 he were out of the running. He was spending the hot months on the Jersey coast, the flatterers still swarming about him, and still assiduous, but their flatteries falling upon ever deafer ears as his mind rivetted upon the hairsuspended sword. In early September he invited me to visit him my first invitation of that kind in two years and a half. We had three Interviews before he could nerve him self to brush aside the barriers between him and me. "I am about to get together my friends with a view to next year," said he through an uneasy smile. "What do you think of the prospects?" "What do your friends say?" I asked. "Oh, of course, I am assured of a renomination " He paused, and his look at me made the confident affirmation a dubious question. "Yes?" said I. "And don't you think my record has made me strong?" he went on nervously. "Strong with whom?" said I. He was silent. Finally he laid his hand on my knee we were taking the air on the ocean drive. "Harvey," he said, "I can count on you?" I shook my bead. "I shall take no part in the next campaign," I said. "I shall resign the chairmanship." "But I have selected you as my chairman. I have insisted 4on you. I can't trust any one else. I need others, I use others, but I trust only you." I shook my head. "I shall resign," I repeated. "What's the matter won't Goodrich take the place?" He looked away. I have not se riously thought of any one but you, he said reproachfully. I happened to know that the place had been offered to Goodrich ard that ne nad declined It, protesting that I. a western man, must not fo disturbed when the west was vital to the party's success. "My resolution is fixed," said I. A long silence, then: "Sayler, have you heard anything of an attempt to defeat me for the nomination?" "Goodrich has decided to nominate Gov. Ridgeway of Illinois," said X. He blanched and had to moisten his dry, "wrinkled lips "several times before he could speak. "A report of that nature reached me last Thursday," he went on. "For some time I have been perplexed by the Ridgeway talk in many of our organs. I have questioned Goodrich about it and I must say his explanations are not not wholly satisfactory. "I have come to the conclusion that you were right about Goodrich, Sayler. I am glad that I took your advice and never trusted him. I think you and I together will be too strong for him." "You are going to seek a renomination?" I asked. He looked at me in genuine astonishment. "It Is Impossible that the party should refuse me," ho said. I was silent. "Be frank with me, Sayler," he exclaimed at last. "Be frank. Be my friend, your own old self." "As frank and as friendly as you have been?" said" 1, rather to remind myself than to reproach him. For I was afraid of the reviving feeling of f m - . ' loruier jears me iiKing ror nis per sonal charms and virtues, the forbearance toward that weakness which; he could' no more change than he could change the color of his eyes. His moral descent had put no clear markings upon his pose. On the contrary, he had grown In dignity through the custom of deference. The people passing us looked admiration at him, had a new sense of the elevation of the presidential office. Often it takes the trained and searching eye to detect in the majestic facade the evidences that the palace has degenerated into a rookery for pariahs. "I have done what I thought for the best," he answered, never more direct and manly , in manner. "I have always been afraid, been on guard, lest my personal fondness for you should betray me into yielding to you when I ought not. perhaps I have erred at times, have leaned backward in my anxiety to be fair. But I had and have no fear of your not understanding. Our friendship is too long established, too well founded." And I do not doubt that he believed himself; the capacity for self-decep tion is rarely short of the demands upon it. "It's unfortunate I began. I was going to say It was unfortunate that no such anxieties had ever restrained him from yielding to Goodrich. Bnt I hadn't the heart. Instead I finished my sentence with: "However, it's idle to hold a postmortem on this ease. The cause of death is unimportant. The fact of It is sufficient. No doubt you did the best you could, Mr. President." My manner was that of finality. It forbade further discussion. He abandoned the finesse of negotiation. "Harvey. I ask you, as a personal favor, to help me through this crisis." he said.- "I ask you. my friend and my dead wife's friend. No depth too low, no sentiment too J-ed! Anirer whirled no In me

"The fcion against this miserable, short-sighted self-seeker who had brought to a cli max of spoliation my plans to guid the strong in developing the resource; of the country. And I turned upoi him, intending to overwhelm him witl the truth about his treachery, abou' his attempt to destroy me. For I war now safe from his and Goodrich's ver geance they had destroyed then selves with the people and with th party. But a glance at him and how could I strike a man stretche in agony upon his death-bed? "If could help you, I would," said I. "You you and I together can ge a convention that will nominate mo.' he urged, hope and fear jostling eac' other to look pleadingly at me fror his eyes. "Possibly," I said. "But of whe use would that be?" He sank back in the carriage, ye low-white and with trembling han and eyelids. "Then you don't think I could be elected?" he asked in a broken, breathless way. For answer I could only shake m: head. "No matter who is the noir inee," I went on, after a momen1 "our party can't win." I half-ylelde to the impulse of sentimentality anturned to him appealingly. "James said I, "why don't you right away before the country sees you are to b denied a renomination publicly an nounce that you won't take It In any circumstances? Why don't you de vote the rest of your term to regain Ing your lost popularity? Everyday has its throngs of opportunities fo; the man in the White House. Break boldly and openly with Goodrich and his crowd." I saw and read the change In his face. My advice about the nomination straightway closed his mind against me; at the mention c Goodrich, his old notion of my jealousy revived And I saw, too, that contact with and use of and subservience to corruption had so corrupted him that he had no longer any faith in any method not corrupt. In an instant I realized the full folly of what I was doing. I felt confident that by pursuing the line I had indicated he could so change the situation in the next few months that he would make it impossible for them to refuse to renominate him, might make it possible for him to be elected. ' lio Be litmtlnuaa.) At the Theaters Theatrical Calendar. GENNETT. April 22 "The Lion and the Mouse." April 25 "Dora Thorne." . April 26 "Peck's Bad Boy." April 27 "When Knighthood Was in Flower." PHILLIPS. Week of April 15 Repertoire. Week of April 22 Repertoire. "When Knighthood Was fn Flower." The settings of Ernest Shipman's great production of "When Knighthood was in Flower," which comes to the Gennett next Saturday, are five in number and gorgeously handsome and appropriate, the characters strikingly and handsomely costumed in Tudor style, and there is much to charm the ear and satisfy the eye about the play; yet, after all, Grace Merritt as "Mary Tudor" permeates the entire substance so completely that she becomes more than the Hamlet of the piece; she is the Hamlet, Ophelia, Polonious and ghost all compressed into one central figure: a creature of many contradictions, yet radiant in the grace and power of true womanhood, this daughter of a line of kings a woman more profound than Rosalind. more real than Juliet, and altogether splendid in her possibilities, is the alpha and omega of the play which Paul Kester has drawn with great art from the story which Charles Major wrote one time in Indiana. In selecting William Clifford as Charles Brandon, the management has secured one of New York's most successful leading men. "Dora Thorne" Gennett. Bertha M. Clay's novel, "Dora Thorne," has been dramatized and the Rowland & Clifford company will pre sent it at the Gennett on Thursday aft-

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and the Mouse" at the Gennett Theater ernoon and night. The trace of the hand of a genuine artist is seen back of "Dora Thome." Its distance, its faplendid perspective, its rare colors, the careful working of the details of Its various pictures give at first hand an artistic atmosphere to its production, which before has been often attempted but rarely accomplished. In none of these scenes is there a blast of garishness. strong lights are never employed, forward the stage is kept particularly free from setting, and the effective colors, admirably chosen and perfectly blended, are the background tones. The artist who designed these pictures is no stranger to the art galleries, for technique of the painter is herein imitatlvely employed to splendid advantage. The position of the players, the way in which Miss Sadie Marion plays Dora Thorne, works into the pictures with unusual fidelity of artistic standard. Repertoire at the Phillips. Patrons of the Phillips combined stock and vaudeville theater can hardly fail to be pleased with the offering that has been provided for this week, as Manager Murray has arranged with the Ethel Desmond stock company to remain another week at least and give new plays, with new specialties. For the first three days Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday boih afternoon and night, the company will present "Lucifer, the Detective," and for the last three days, both afternoon and night, "The Whole Dam Family." The former production is a stirring comedy drama and the latter Is notable for its

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comedy setting. In the specialties Miss Desmond will be heard in new songs, Willis Van in a bunch of foolishness, Frank Kelly will sing a new illustrated song , Collins and Collins will appear as knock-about comedian-3, Bessie Lacount will sing, dance and give monologue and there will be new motion picture films. That it is a double bill for a single admission price no one will deny. No repertoire company has ever stayed In Richmond as long as the Desmond and the experiment of continuous stock has proven highly satisfactory to the company, to the management of the house and to the public as well. If indications are to be relied upon the fourth week's business will surpass that of any one preceding. ARE YOUR CLOTHES FADED? Use Red Cross Ball Blue and make them white again. Large 2 oz. package, 5 cents. According to a bulletin issued by the bureau of statistics the leather industry contributed lu0,OX,00 to the foreign commerce of the United States in 19C3, against $55,000,000 in 1S0G. If in need of a liog, sheep or cattle dipping tank, write before buying to the National Medical Co., Sheldon,. Ia. C. C. & L. ticket agent will sell you sleeping car tickets to' Chicago for their 11:15 P. M. train. Call on him. aprtJ-tf Victor Emmanuel III has his hobby. As the Prince of Wales has devoted himself to stamp collecting, so the King of Italy has given mucli of his spare time to the collecting of coins. Bentie Signature The Kind Yen Hava km Fknigfct

Tomorrow Night. PLAY DEALS WITH THE MONEY POWER "The Lion and the Mouse," Story of High Finance and Corrupt Politics. HAD A GREAT SUCCESS. PAINTING OF THE LIFE OF THE FABULOUSLY RICH HAS BEEN DONE IN A MOST POWERFUL MANNER. "The Lion and the Mouse," which will be presented by Henry B. Harris at the Gennett Monday night, has scored a pronounced success in all Icitie3 in which it has been produced, j In New York alone the play is now in jits twelfth month at the Lyceum ! Theatre, it having made a new record ! In dramatic annals, ' having run through an entire summer in New .'York without a break. The author is Charles Klein, who Is also responsible for the "Music Master' and other well known successes.

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In "The Lion and the Mouse," Mr. Klein deals with one of the widely discussed topics of the hour the influence wielded in American politics i by monej. The dominant personage in the play is John Burket Ryder, the acknowledged leader in the financial world in which he is known as "Ready Money" Ryder. The coterie of money magnates of which he is the head has been halted in its career by an adverse decision rendered by Judge Rossmore, a man of stern probity in the administration of the office to which the people have elected him. In retaliation Ryder and his friends secure with aid of corrupt politicians Judge Ros3more's suspension from the bench because of alleged fraudulent practice. His daughter, Shirley, summoned home from Europe, returns to find her father dishonored, bankrupt and broken in health. Ryder alone is in possession of the proof of her father's innocence and she determines to secure it from him. Through an ingeniously plausible chain of circumstances she becomes a member of the Ryder household, winning the affection of the family and becoming almost invaluable as a friend and adviser to Ryder. She has concealed her identity under the name of Shirley Green. Her secret is known only to Jefferson Ryder, the son of the money king. Jefferson has fallen in love with Shirley, whom he had met on the voyage" from Europe. He is in sympathy with her purpose, even though its consummation means the defeat of his father. The struggla between the "lion" and the "mouse" is rapidly approaching a climax when the love story of Jefferson and Shirley suddenly becomes known to Jefferson's father, which climax suddenly assumes a vital issue In the situation that is strikingly, but logicaly dramatic. Mr. Klein has brought about the happiness of Shirley's romance and her triumph without straining at the possibilities, but with a finely commendable logic. "The Lion and the Mouse" has been unanimously conceded by both the press and the public wherever it has been seen, to be without question the greatest' dramatic effort of the day. and Is intensely interesting to allt classes of theatre goers because it is a portraiture of men ana events wTrtdh ar j'it now important in ov tifinai-and. comiu.erdai affairs. Foxj

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the interpretation, of the play Mr. Harris has gathered together an espe cially fine cast. The play will be given exactly as it Is being presented at the Lyceum theatre, New York. Tho reg ular house prices prevailing. The seat sale for this production is now opea. BARNUM k BAILEY COME Oil MAY 11 Richmond People Are to Have An Early Start on the Big Circuses This Season. ARRANGEMENTS COMPLETE NOVELTY OF DOING AWAY WITH THE PARADE, SUCCESSFULLY INAUGURATED TWO YEARS AGO, IS CONTINUED. Preliminary arrangements have been perfected for the coming of the Barnum & Bailey circus to Richmond on Saturday, May 11. This great amusement institution is recognized as the leader in all things pertaining to arenic entertainment, and its ad vent has a significance that rarely at taches to any other show. It is coming this year, it is announced, under conditions that should more than ever assure it a cordial welcome from tho public' It opened the season, as usual, at Madison Square Garden, New York, where, week after week, crowds of enthusiastic circus-lovers crowded the immense amphitheatre, applauded the arenic acts, revelled in the sensations that accompany the performance of the latest things in circus thrillers, and, to quote from one of the New York papers, "left the Garden con f 55

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