Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 33, Number 197, 30 August 1908 — Page 4
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REPUBLICAN TICKET.
NATIONAL TICKET. For President -tVlLLlAM HOWARD TAFT of Ohio. Fop- Vice-President JAMES S. SHERMA Of 'New York.
STATE. Governor JAMBS B. WATSON. -Uetenant Governor jnjsptasT c. aooDwiNU Secretary of State FRED A. SIMS. Atsiltor of State
Ktfta C. BlLiEHEIMEIw
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p. .Atlorner General i J JJLME3 CINGIIAM. ; Crate Guserlntendent
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Btat statistician! t ! I. I PEETZ. . Jadge pt Supreme Court ' QUINCT A. MYERS. Judge of Appellate Court DAVID MYERS. jSUjprier of Supreme Court'GEORGE W. SELF.
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Congress . O. BARNARD
COUNTY. Joint Representative ALONZO M. GARDNER. Representative . WALTER S. RATLIFF. . ' Circuit Judge 5 HENRY C. FOX. i Prosecuting Attorney CHAS. L. LADD. Treasurer ALBERT ALBERTSON. : . Sheriff 1 ' LTNTJS P. MEREDITH. Coroner XOU A. U BRAMKAMP. " Surveyor Robert A. howardw ' ifteoorder J. BOBBINS, .frtorattafeala&er Eastern DIst. : BOKEA St&RSsOW.
IsBtonar Mefldle Dist. .
3ARWEY HVMNDERMAN.
i-O&pmlsthqner Western DIst u ROBEftt'.J BEESOH- - - i 1 " 7p WATNC TOWMSNIPL Tcusteer JAMES H. HOWARTH, " -Assessor CHARLES E. POTTER.
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j TAFT AND THE PUBLIC.
Ifosfotf Taft's life -has so far been
spent 3n the service of the public.
An4 too, the most of his service has been on the bench. Some account then, of bis record should be placed
before the public. The decisions of Mr. Taft show that he has nothing to fear In bringing them to light Let us examine his decisions on the labor
question. As a president Is, and
should be, elected by the whole people the record of any public man who may be considered for that office
should be scrutinized, not in regard to
the relation it may have to any one
particular class, but in a wider and greater field that of service to the
public the people who may be class
ed as the 'Innocent bystanders."
It must be remembered also before
reviewing the record of a judge that it
must be viewed as to impartiality,
toundness and a true feeling for the merits of the case from all points of
lew.
The first labor case which Judge
ihii inea was in a case in wnicn a bricklayers' union had a dispute with
a firm of contractors. There was
strike. "Any firm which ignores this request (a boycott) is hereby notified
that we will not work his material up
on any building nor for any contractor by whom we are employed." A firm
Ignored the request and were In turn boycotted. The firm In turn sued the
union "for damage done to their business by a wrongful and malicious con
splracy." The jury gave the plaintiff
damages.
The case was appealed to Judge Taft of the supreme court Taft was careful to draw the distinction that as
far as the case before him was con
cerned It was a boycott, not a strike.
He expressed himself as careful not to
Infringe on the legal right of labor in
a lawful strike. He said:
If the workman of an employer re-,
fuse to work for him on better terms at a time when their withdrawal will cause great loss to him and they Intentionally inflict such loss as to force him to come to their terms, they are bona fide exercising their lawful right to dispose of their labor for the pur
pose of lawful gain. But the dealings between Parker Brothers and their material men or between such material men and their customers had not the remotest natural connection between either the defendants wages
or their other terms of employment.
There was no competition or possible contractual relation between the
plaintiffs and defendants, where their interests were naturally opposed. The
right of the plaintiffs to sell their
material was not one which in its exercise brought them into legitimate conflict with the rights of the defen
dant's union and its members to dispose of their labor as they chose. The conflict was brought about by the effort of the defendants to use the plain
tiff's right of trade to injure Parker
brothers and upon failure of this to use plaintiff's right of trade to injure plaintiffs. Such effort cannot be In the bona fide exercise of trade, is without Just cause and is therefore malicious. The immediate motive of the defendants was to show the building world what punishment and disaster necessarily followed a defiance of their demands. The remote motive of wishing to better their condition by the power so acquired, will not as we think we have shown, make any legal justification for defendant's acts." Here is a case in which the court had Its eye not on one side of labor or capital but on the side of the Great American Public which Is often dragged in (unfortunately) as the real sufferer In the disputes between employer and workman. The non combattant has in all ages and places been
entitled to Immunity from loss. There
fore Taffs position must appeal to the people. The ause of labor was doife no violence at his hands, nor was the rffrTif rt 4tiA 1 t i ...
..0..v iuo cunjiuj'tjr , aiminisnea or strengthened. It was simply a case which guaranteed the safety of the
public from being drawn into a squab
ble In which It had no concern in the
remotest way.
The next case in whfch Taft was concerned was the famous Rule 12 of the Brotherhood of Railroad Engineers. This was almost a parallel
icgaia 10 me involving or a third party against whom neither the
Brotherhood nor the railroad had any grievance. As it stood Rule 12 was.
under the laws of Inter-state commerce, in danger of being held a crim
inal conspiracy. The Brotherhood saw the justice of the criticism and removed it Taft was at much pains to
show the men the injustice of the rule with the expectation that its illegality would be recognized. His confidence was well justified as the action of the Brotherhood showed.
Cases might be cited indefinitely,
but in no particular could it be shown that Taft had been partial either to
capital or to labor. Take the case of the trial of Debs and Phelan at the time of the Pullman strike. It is the same story. It was not only that the boycott was illegal it was that Debs and his associates trampled on the rights of the public. "Certainly star
vation of a nation can not be a lawful purpose of a combination." Thus spoke Taft and he meant it as much
for organized capital as he did for organized labor.
A writer on that occasion said:The two qualities which make a
great judge are wisdom and courage. It was the very crisis of the strike. The friends of the judge feared for hi3
life and asked him not to read the decision from the bench. He read it." Taft had the courage to be Impartial.
Apart from all this, Taft has time
and time again not only expressed as his conviction the right of labor to strike for just cause, but his decisions
have guaranteed this right to the union. His decision in regard to workmen injured while in employment have been quoted and used time after time in successful behalf of the laborer.
;Thus it is that the laboring man has
nothing to fear from Taft when he
tas a just case, nor need the employer in his turn dread anything from Taft's hands If be Is In the right. But most of all the public (ana by that Is meant everybody not directly concerned In one particular fight) have a moments hesitation on Taft's position. Taft Is straight and fearless and un
less favoritism to one section of people Is taken as a standard, there is no standard to which Taft has not already measured up by his decisions on the bench of the land. "Without
fear or favor" sounds well to the ordinary American.
defeat' was possible and then set about conquering the difficulty. It is the same with companies, corporations or parties. So many elements enter into the determination of a matter, so many things that are labeled "luck" turn up to affect the settlement, that It is better to be safe than sure, and close attention to details always pays a good dividend, whether the affair is a commercial venture or a political campaign. Hence it is Important for these who have the management of a campaign, whether it be for the election of a President or a choice of a candidate for the Common Council, to admit the possibility of failure and then devote every energy to making
defeat impossible. This idea appears to have found a lodgment in the mind of Chairman Hitchcock, of the Repub
lican National Committee, and while the trend of public opinion is favorable to the success of his candidate, he proposes to leave no stone unturned that may In any way aid the success of Mr. Taft. The systematic manner in which he is proceeding is an encouraging sign of success. The only section of the country that is absolutely sure to give its electoral votes to Mr. Bryan is the solid South. All the other divisions are debatable ground, and none of them should be neglected. Vermont and Maine are the two States that hold elections before November. They are nominally Republican and may as rightly be considered safe for the party as any two in the Union, and yet if the normal
September majorities should fail next
month it might have an effect on doubtful States that would be disas
trous to Mr. Taft and all that he stands for. So it follows that the safe
States of New England must be care
fully cultivated by Mr. Hitchcock and his associates, and that they will be.
as well as the States in the middle West, is not open for doubt. The
campaign is young; it will not be in
full swing until October, but there will be nothing lacking that the wisdom of
the most sagacious counsellors can de
vise and advise.
unless he should be like the Sultan of Turkey, who enjoys similar exemption
from harm because the nations which could punish him fear each other. Castro has complicated matters by demanding an apology from the Netherlands, and how the snarl will be un
tangled is a nice International puzzle.
NEWYORKITIS. To those who in this busy life (sometimes) have time to think and to those who have seen the State street and Broadway and Forty-second street lope, in Chicago and Gotham there is some food for reflection in the letter of a man in the Now York Sun. "You remember Walter Bagehot's very wise observation about talking, how it acted as a safety valve for dan
gerously surplus energy. Have you i
ever noticed what a notable exception you New Yorkers are, as a rale; how you talk and talk, and yet never act and act? You talk up town and down town; on the west side and the cast side; at noon and at midnight; but you are buying and selling the world everywhere you talk. You take a day
off to rush down to Coney Island, and j there you take a fearfully active rest
and talk and talk and talk. How in the world do you do it? You're not robust looking, and hygienic eating seems to be out of your
line. Furthermore you apparently
never sleep. I wonder if your secret is that you never worry. Still I think that some day you will change the Coney-Island-built-in-a-day form of energy for a more human kind."
"Gee," says the New Yorker, if he
should take time to read and digest,
"No Rubens and the cows for me, let
me next to the ticker. Say, have you
seen the new show at the roof garden? What was the base ball score," and
then he goes down in the elevator
from floor fifty, into the subway and flashes uptown. Whew!
The United States will withdraw
its protection from Cuba in the latter part of next January and the island republic will, from that time forward
proceed to govern Itself. Governor Magoon is confident that the elections which are to be held Nov. 14, next will pass off without disorder, and that the Cubans will be able to take hold of the island's governmental affairs and carry them forward successfully. The provisional government has done its work well, to the satisfaction of President Roosevelt and
the Cubans generally. Next year will tell the story whether or not the Cubans have really learned the lesson of self government and the proper conduct of the sanitary institutions which the Americans found to be actually necessary for the health of the people. The Cubans- have been slow to realize the connection between cleanliness and health. The stories told of the unsanitary habits of the people up to the time of the surrender by Spain shocked the American people, showing as they did the real reason for the yellow fever scourge which threatened the Gulf states as well as Cuba. All this was changed after the American occupation, and was continued to some extent under the new
Cuban government.' Under Governor Magoon, American methods have supplanted the Spanish unsanitary modes of living and it is hoped that the replacement of the provisional government by a Cuban administration will make no change in this regard. Cuba on an American basts will be very different from what it was under Spanish rule and, while changes like those which the island is still undergoing work slowly, in this case there is reason to bslieve that the reform is
moving, surely, and that in the end it will prove a great blessing to the Cubans.
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Some people are wanting something ALL the time, either they want what they haven't got or have what they don't want Just stop lor a moment and think things over in your own mind. By looking over the Want Ad columns of this paper a dozen ways will present themselves for you to make money easily simply by the investment of a few cents. Turn to the classified page and see for yourself. (Qopyrlrtit 1908. by Oeory Mafthaar Afl ) 1
When one thinks of the netherlarids the idea of peace and quietude fills the mind. One can hardly imagine the Dutch on a rampage. Life goes on in Holland in such a smooth and gentle way, like voyaging on a ccnal, that to hear of war being declared in the land of dykes seems preposterous. Why. The Hague is the home of Peace, and the very embodiment of calm content.
Lut there is a limit, even to Dutch
complacency. ine Hollanders arc
proud, even though they may not be al
ways bragging about it, and the arro
gant bantuni of Venezuela has touched
their pride, and trcuble begins to as
jsume proportions. Holland decline;: arbitration. If it were a matter cl
j dollars and cents, of commerce or c ' 1 11 . 1 ! . . . . . .
me cuiifcuoii oi aetns, sne wouia t:c cept it, but having assailed the hene: of the Dutch nation, Castro must apol cgize or fight. The Dutch are bio
lu aJl things and so in this case there
has been no explosion, no opening c
gun tire on the forts of Caiacas, bu.
j the court of Amsterdam insists on ar.
! apology, and Cantro will have to offci
! it. He should have remembered the
j adage: "Beware the fury of a patient I man," for when the Dutch are aroused
I they are terrible.
GOLLY, WE WON! This is fast life for all of us. Yes, indeed. Not content with winning the speed events at the better-to-be-forgotten Olympic games we came in ahead, in the New York to Paris automobile race. Time was when we were told with patronizing airs that the European could sling a few gears and an engine together and beat us. Automobiles as an industry have multiplied so greatly in these United States that it is gladsome news that they more than hold their own in
quality. The public has not yet been informed as to the particulars of this endurance and speed test. But it will be. We have Sunday papers with greedy supplements, there are advertising pages in the magazines yet, and even if we are in a hurry in this fast life we can wait for the confessions in magazine from as to how the American used vodka when he ran out of gasoline In Siberia.
.. PaMadinsm and Sem-TclegiraiiTni ..
Gireatt WANT ADo CONTEST
List o! contestants growing daily. Great interest is being
taken in this popular boy and girl contest. Never in the history of a Palladium and Sun-Telegram contest has there been created so much interest, as the boys and girls of Richmond are taking in this great Want Ad. Contest. Entries are being made daily, and the enthusiasm manifested by the little tots is something to be proud of. This contest is a teacher to every boy or girl who enters. It teaches them how to approach a person, it teaches them the art of studying human nature in all, the boy or girl who is in this contest will gain a practicable and a business education, such as they could not learn in a school, college or any institution of learning in the country. Besides this learning, which they are bound to acquire, The Palladium will give ten handsome and beautiful prizes; one prize to each district. You can have your choice of either a Gold Watch or Ring; then we will allow a certain commission on each and every advertisement turned into this office, which will prove the earning ability of each and every contestant, at the same time giving a liberal reward for their efforts, whether they win the prize or not. Even if some of the districts are not as profitable as the others there Is still the same chance of winning a prize as in other districts, because a prize is given in every district. Anv contestant may call at our office and receive blank pads on which to write all ads received. We also have had folders printed which the contestant may hand to the prospective advertiser as an introductory. -
These prizes will be on display in two windows of one or more of the jewelry stores here in Richmond. Announcement will be made as to where you can see these prizes on display. The way the contestants stand in his or her respective district: As you see below there is still a chance to enter any of the districts. Your first Want Ad starts you with 200 votes.
DISTRICT MO. 1.
VOTES.
Whether the tax on art. which tlx
tariff imposes, is right or not, is not a
question for importers to settle. Tha;
matter rests with congress, and unti;
the law is changed those who wish to bring works of art into this country without the payment cf customs duties take a great risk. it is safer anc cheaper to pay the duties imposed bj the tariff. To evade the law aai smuggle goods past the custom houst is a temptation that few tourists can resist. The chief offenders are women, so that it did not seem strange when the announcement was made that Mrs. Gardner, the art connoisseur of Boston had, with the aid of a Chicago friend, attempted to smuggle $80,0C0 worth of art treasures. Her accomplice brought in the invoice as "household good3," rnd the package
looked so suspicious that the customs inspectors made an examination and the scheme was made plain. It is cheaper, safer and altogether better to keep on the side of the law, as Mrs. Gardner will have good reason to know.
BEWARE. Over-confidence has wrecked more schemes and blasted more hopes than any other evil Influence that has been brought to bear upon mankind. The cocksure man 1s nearly always certain to fall of his calculations, where he might have won had he believed
WHAT A SHOCK. Venezuela has now taken the stajid that an apology Is due from Holland. This will give the Dutch something of a jolt, for they have a grievance against Castro which they say arbitration cannot settle. Castro is a good deal like a mosquito, capable of stinging everybody, and getting away on account of his diminutive size. He enjoys a certain Immunity on this account that would not be accorded to a man at the head of a great nation.
E OF DICKENS' LONDON DESTROYED
Original of Fagin's Thieves'
Kitchen Demolished.
London, Aug. 29. Another piece oj
Dickens' London Is being demolished
in Fulwood's Rents, Hoi born, the base--ment of which is said to have been
the original of Fagin's thieves kitch
en. It was also a resort of Jack Sheppard, but at an earlier date.
Francis Bacon lived in the building.
William Hilling. 1123 Sheridan 220 3race Rae Davis, 907 Sheridan 200 DISTRICT NO. 2. -loyd Flood, 137 Richmond Ave 210 DISTRICT NO. 3. May Weiss, 129 South 6th 320 Elizabeth McElhany427 Main -ia Corrnran, 17 South 4th 200 Bessie Smi:h, 17 S. 5th 210 Howard Siekman, 316 S. 6th 300 DISTRICT NO. 4.
lussell Parker. 207 South 11th 200
Henry Scfmicer, 226 South 9th... 200 Lee Genn, 120 South 10th 200 DISTRICT NO. 5.
Russell Stout, 217 S. 13th ,....200
DISTRICT NO. 7. Doris Shesler, 24 North 6th 580 Leslie Sinex, 200 North 5th 200 Charles Morgan, 311 North 5th 200 Rose Mercurio,19 North 6th 270 DISTRICT NO. 8. Ernest McKay, 1028 Main DISTRICT NO. 9. Paul Brown, 402 N. 17th Russel Guyer, 1514 Main 200 Carl Sieweke, 1413 North B 200 Geo. Pettibone, 409 North 16th ....200 Eugene Hay, 402 N. 16th 210 Clarence Love, 229 North 18th 200 DISTRICT NO. 10. Frank Cummins, 800 North 12th 200 Lida Hoppinq, 1322 North F 450 Daniel Van Etten, 1108 N. I street Bryan Cooper, 916 N. 12th . William Stephen, 900 N. 12th Willie Moss, 320 North 10th.. Ruth Davis, 81 8 North H
Is Uncle Sam Unappreciative of the Great Service Rendered by Gridleys?
Washington, Aug. 29. Is Uncle Sam really unappreciative? Does he forget the ones who freely gave him most of all they had to give when the need was great? Does he place the making of his rewards of merit in careless hands? Well, maybe not; one don't like to
think so. but thi3 is the story of Mrs. Ann Gridley: Fifty years ago she lived In a little Michigan town. Her oldest boy wanted to enter the navy. He was a fine young fellow, the apple of her eye, and there were rumblings In the south that were far from reassuring, yet she bade him go. For of all things she loved her country mostThree years later the war of the rebellion broke upon the nation. Ann Gridley wrote her son a letter teeming with encouragement, patriotism and love. Then she nerved herself to meet the worst bravely if It should come. Then came the call for army nnrses, for the hospitals were filled with wounded soldiers and women's hands were scarce. At home Ann Gridley had little children and an invalid husband and she struggled between love
and duty p.3 the calls became more and more insistent. Finally she could no longer withstand her country's plea. She went to the front as an army nurse. Hundreds of suffering heroes in Washington. Georgetown, Alexandria and Annapolis learned to watch for her comfort
ing face and her words of cheer. And when the struggle ended she went back to her little ores, with the knowledge of duty bravely done, only to face the ravages of death that came to strip her little home. Again war came, this time x with Spain. Her son had climbed with the passing years. At the battle of Manila bay he commanded Admiral Dewey's flagship, the Olympia. He was ill that day, but he stuck bravely to his post. Perhaps his mother's written words of the long ago steeled tim to this. At Dewey's laconic order: "Yon may fire when ready. Gridley," he began the bombardment that sank the Spanish flagship and spelled the first words of glorious victory for the American fleet. A little more than a month later he paid for that dar' effort with his life. Gridley was buried with military
honors, and a gray-haired, patient little woman resumed her work as official sealer in the general land office, where she had labored for twenty years. She was a little more broken by the blow, there were new lines of sadness In her face, but she was none the less brave. She has stuck to the job ever since. Now, at eighty-tbree. she is still toiling for daily bread, putting the red seal on all official papers that go out of the office. Some times there are a3 many as GOO of them a day, "Many people commiserate with
me," she said the other day. "because I am still working for my living. But I think it a matter of congratulation, I love my work, and then I have always worked and when one is facing eiglity-three it is hard to acanire new traits. "When I asked a few days ago for my annual vacation my chief said: 'For goodness sake. Mother Gridley, don't stay long, for It takes four people to do your work when you are away and then they get it all .mixed-op."
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