Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 33, Number 366, 8 November 1908 — Page 8

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM ANI SUN7TELEGRAM, WNDAT, NOVEMBER 8, 1008.

WOULD BE AS OTHER CITIES DetermTnecf Movement for an Elective Franchise in Washington, D. C.

A PECULIAR SITUATION.

McLEAN OF NEWSPAPER FAME, WHO FIRST LED FIGHT NOT POPULAR, BUT HIS CAUSE IS NOW. (Special to the Palladium.) Washigton, Nov. 7. For the first time In twenty years there Is now progressing in the national capital a genuine and earnest agitation for the elective franchinse. The demand is for lo

cal self government, the election of a

common council, and an executive officer, either a mayor or a governor. If congress is not willing to grant this much, then the residents of Washington ask that they at least bo allowed a delegate la Congress with the same

standing as delegates from the organized territories, having a voice bat

no vote. The strength of this demand for suffrage in the District of Columbia has been a revelation to the many people who had assumed that the national capital was well satisfied with its disfranchised lot. The present movement had its beginning in an unusual

and possibly not wholly . creditable

manner. The present government of the District, composed of three commissioners appointed by the president one of whom is an army officer, blocked a plan put forward by the Washington Gas Company of Inflating its capitalization, the inflation being desired to conceal earnings and head off a movement to lower the price of gas. The commissioners also vigorously supported the demano for cheaper gas. Naturally this! offended the gas monopoly, at the head of which Is John R. McLean, owner of the Cincinnati Enquirer and the Washington Post. As a means of retaliatoin, Mr. McLean, through, his Washington Post ' began a campaign against the commissioners and the present form of District government. The public, recognizing the animus of the Post's attacks, for a time paid little attention to them, but the Post kept hammering away. Its columns were wide open to anyone and every one who would criticize the commissioners. Finally a popular chord was touched. The charge was made that ; a large number of public school buildings in the District were unsafe because of the incompetency or neglect of the building inspectors' office, responsibility of course, extending on up to the board - of commissioners. The thing took, like wild fire, and now the entire district is in a ferment for self government. Associations of cltisena and business men have taken it up and strong representations will be made to congress at the coming session. In the meantime residents of the capital apparently have entirely forgotten that last winter they were all worked up over the gas fight. Then the commissioners were the heroes ot the hour. Today the man they then regarded as their arch foe is leading them in a movement to overthrow last winter's heroes.

This is the last season of the year when fashion at the national capital, such of It as is in town is flocking to the chrysanthemum shows. There are any number of these snows but the two leaders, leaders ot intense rivalry, are those conducted by the government propagating gardens and the department of agriculture. Each spends a lot of money in breeding chrysanthemums and each tries to outdo the other In the number of new varieties it can show each year. The business of the propagating gardens is the growing of flowers for the public parks of the capital and there probably is no serious ground tor criticism because if its elaborate devotion to chrysanthemums, though the "mums" themselves are never seen In the parks. But it is not quite possible to see where the department of agriculture properly gets in on this floral fantasy. It is not to be denied that the department of agriculture has done a great deal for the American farmer, but it would be dif-

Truth and Quality appeal to the Well-informed in every walk ot life and arc essential to permanent success and creditable standing. Accoringly, it is not claimed that Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna is the only remedy of known value, but one of many reasons why it is the best of personal and family laxatives is the fact that it cleanses, wcetens anil relieves the internal organs on which it acts without any debilitating after effects and without having to increase the quantity from time, to time. It acts pleasantly and naturally and truly as a laxative, and its component part are known to and approved by physicians, as it is free from all objectionable substances. To get its beneficial effects always purchase the genuinemanufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co., only, and for sale by all leading druggists. .

flcult to convince the farmer that he' is benefited by the cultivation of rare species of chrysanthemums. 1

Carrol S. Page, the senator elect from Vermont, is the first tanner ever to attain a ceat In that exalted body. Mr. Page is one of Vermont's few millionaires, and he made his millions tanning calf skins. It is said be buys tans and sells more calf skins than any other man in the world. Shoe manufacturers In New England look to him largely for their skins. There isn't any prejudice against Mr. Page in Vermont because he has made something more than a million dollars, despite the fact that- millionaires are scarce in the Green Mountain state. Though his business is not exactly a fashionable one no one has ever questioned that he has conducted it honestly. Mr. Pago will succeed the late Redfleld Procior, another ot Vermont's handful ot millionaires, made his money from granite quarries. As soon as Mr. Page was elected he came to Washington and will spend most of his time here between now and the first Monday in December, when he will be sworn In as a member of the senate. He wants to get the "hang of things," be explains.

GOD, UNKNOWN TO NINETEEN-YEAR OLD BOY Never Heard of Heaven, But Had of Hell.

Butler, Pa., Nov. 7. Carl MoMarlln was accused of malicious mischief before Justice P. H. - Davye today by William Barend. William Thomas, 19, who is employed by Barend, was the witness. When Thomas was called to the stand the Justice asked: "Do you know what the oath means?" "No," was the reply. "Do you know there is a God?" "Nope, but I heard something about there being a hell." "Ever hear of heaven?" "Nope." "Were you ever at Sunday school?" "No, never went to Sunday school. Never was at church. Never went to school." ; "Can you read and write?" "Nope." "This witness is not competent," said the squire, and he was dismissed.

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STRIKES QUICKSAND. Torrington, Conn., Nov. 7. Edward TIefenbach went to a pond last evening, bullhead fishing. A patched place in the bottom of bis boat gave . way and he found himself struggling in the water and mire. At daybreak today he was up to his armpits. A half hour later, when two farmers heard his cries and came to his rescue, the water was gurgling around his chin.

Ht Mmaallltr mt Spirit. A young preacher in an uptown eborr was math struck on Sunday by the seeming effect bis sermon was baring upon on of bis congregation, a shabby genteel man with white hair who throughout the entire discourse sat with bead bowed in deeply reverent attitude. After the service the minister pushed his way to the man and proudly said: "I am glad to note that my sermon affected you. Did it make yon see the error of your ways?" "Oh. it wasn't that," said the man sheepishly. "Ton see, my waistcoat, is too short, and I had to bend over to hide my shirt." Cleveland Leader.

A Trmai'a Problem, A tramp having found a hen's feather in bis travels about the city kept it until night, when be carefully placed it on the pavement in a back alley and slept upon it. Awaking next morning and looking scornfully upon the bit of down,, he exclaimed: "Gee whiz! If one feather is as bard to sleep on as that, what must a whole bedful be?"

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What's In a ftam. "Maybe I have an ugly color, as you ay," said the carrot to the beet, "but when I am gone I hope some one may say a good word for me. It seems to me a dead carrot has a better chance for respect than a dead beet." And tbe beet turned even redder in the face and had nothing mere to say.

A man is never happy until he has ceased to care whether he is or not Chicago Tribune.

Tmm Laaalaa- Hb. In old days there were angels who came and took men by the hand and led them away from tbe city of destruction. We see no white winged angels now, but yet men are led away from threatening destruction; a hand it put late theirs which leads them forth gently toward a calm and aright land, so that they leek no mere backward, and the band may be a little child's.George Eliot

Greater 'Demand for Smaller : v Coin Reflects Prosperity

Men's W7i. "1 assure you I'm always willing t acknowledge my faults when I sec them." "That's all right, but I'll bet yet never acknowledge them when youi neighbor sees them." Philadelphia Press.

They Ueaally Do. " "So he's really dead. "Well, be mad a bard fight. If ever a man had ai iron will he tad." "Yes, but I'll bet the lawyers wit break it." Philadelphia Ledger.

Purity of heart is that quick and sen skive delicacy to which even the conception of sin Is offensive. Chalmers.

.Washington, D. C, . Nov. ,7. Frank A. Leach, director of the mint finds corroboration of returning prosperity in the demand upon' the treasury for subsidiary silver. He thinks it. is an important sign and furnished to a reporter yesterday 'some interesting facts on the subject' He said: "While the increase of-clearinghouse receipts at the various financial and commercial .centers of , the country, the very great reduction of the number of idle freight cars and the Increasing orders for structural steel are features of our business life pointed out as indications of a return of commercial prosperity, there is another very interesting evidence of the fact of which the public is not so familiar and that is the demand upon the public treasury for subsidiary silver, or silver coins of the denominations of halves, quarters - and dimes, the coins so necessary for change in trade. r ' , "When the effects of the. panic of last year began- to be felt, with the contraction of business and " the lopping off of pay rolls in manufactories that followed, there at once' began an accumulation of subsidiary coin in the public treasury. For nearly. two years prior to this time all the available capacity of the United States -mmts was devoted to coining money of these denominations, namely, halves, quarters and dimes, without at , any time being able to get any considerable amount ahead. ' Over $24,000,000 Idle. - ; '"When the' accumulation fin the treasury began, - at the "time of -or, rather, after the panic,(there was only $3,000,000 in subsidiary-coins on band, and from this amount late in 1907 the stock on hand steadily ' grew,'-until 1 it reached the largff siim of approximately $24,500,000 "in-August1 of- this year. "Just think of t, nearly '125,000,000 of discarded mont y," for there' was no VvV ',---A-i te 4- ' - - . . - . - . -- ..... .w: .. .,, t - "

use for it as trade - contracted, and it was stored away in Uncle Sam's strong box unuseful, like the idle cars on the side-tracks rof the railroads. For ' as the banks and business men found themselves with more, of. this kind of coin on hand than was needed, the surplus was sent to the treasury In exchange for currency that could be more conveniently held or used. "When this extreme height of the inflowing tide of subsidiary coin was

reached the ebb flow immediately,

started; rather slowly at first, but by the. middle of September the outward current was remarkably strong. Trade was reviving. The harvest, of the -in

coming crops and increasing commer-'j

cial transactions were requiring a greater amount- of . small or silver coins for change. " "During the past three weeks . the outward movement has increased wonderfully." ,

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.St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 7. "Tobacco heart," caused by twenty years smoking of a clay pipe, supplemented by three years addiction to chewing may cause the death of Mrs. Anna Siefert. forty-three years old who was taken to the city hospital today. Mrs. Siefert has the unique distinction of being the only woman suffering from tobacco heart ever in the hospital. As she lay on the cot she pleaded for "a chew." She was told that the further use of tobacco would probably be fatal, but she replied: "I would rather die chewing than try to live without it." : Her pipe smoking began when she was a young woman, and she took up chewing as a cure for lnng trouble.

HIGH STACK OF BARLEY.

Farmers

Determined to Get High Prices.

Garfield, Wash., Nov. 7. The largest stack of barley, sacked and then piled up, ever known in the history of the west now lies near this place, the result of a determined pool by farmers to hold their grain until such time as tbe market price is enough to warrant them to sell at a profit The stack of grain is ninety feet high.

TRANSPORT NEGRO COLONY TO WEST This Is the Object of Euphemia Sodality.

ThantaiteoOrlltB. rIiants sad chOdraa are constantly nssiUnir "tlv- It la Important uow what to si" em. Tbefa- tc ic aad bow are mot strooc eooaa-B for setts, parrarh-e waters or catbartv liUs. powders or tenets. - Give tbem tnfld ' lesaat. rent!, laxative toaie like Dr. Cak n s Sjrrop Pepein, which sells at tbs sms3 am of cents or fl at draw stores. It is to :jw srest remedy for yeo tofcave a tbe bouse v fhflSiiB wtcnthfr need it. , - -; - - .. . .. a , . :'. ,?.,

.: HUNG BY CHEST. Death Released Man From Awful - Suffering. Santa Rosa, CaU Nov. 7. Percy Kyle, near the Tyrone tunnel, on the north shore road, fell 20 feet from the steel bridge on which he was working and struck a steel bolt, which penetrated' his breast and held him suspended in mid-air. Instant relief was impossible and his cries and struggles were heartfending. Blood rushed from his mouth, ears and nose and he soon began to grow fainter, until death released him. '

' "Hello, Teddy! Got a' new iniltT" """NO, sir; it's papa's old one." "Ah, did mamma cnt It down?" "Oh, no, air; papa had" It washed!"

Salem, Ore., Nov. 7. To transport a huge negro colony from the south to eastern Oregon, Washington and ldahoho Is the dream of the Euphemla sodality of Beatitude, now being Incorporated. J. T. Bowman of St. Louis has written to the state land board that the sodality Is anxious to acquire by grant, if possible, large tracts of arid land, lay out a townsite and build a railroad. Bowman assures the state officials that the colored people will handle their own problems and pay as they go.

BILL WAS LAST . INDIAN HAD Red Skin Wrote Message Upon It.

McAlester, Okla., Nov. 7. Into tbe hands of a local hotel clerk has corce a government note of the denomination of $2 on which is inscribed the following statements: "Dec 25. 1007. This is the last of an educated Indian's $5,000, driven to desperation and death by an untrue woman's laughing eyes. 'Fifty cents of this buys poison. Cyanide of potash will be nsed and the woods near Jollet will have my body. My last Christmas on earth, and. my God. what a miserable one! May the next person who receives this never suffer what the writer has suffered, rather than break his word of honor."

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