Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 34, Number 120, 8 March 1909 — Page 4
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THE RICHMOND PAIil-ADIUI AND SUN-TEIEGRAM, MONDAY, MARCH 8, 1909.
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Only ttoUjraraa of ttrewsaoa tr tibh nm mm gamau.wsa ww hot. FORUMOFTHE PEOPLE Articles Contributed for This Column Must Not Be in Excess of 400 Words. ' The Identity of All Contributors Must Be Known to the Editor. Articles Will Be Printed in the Order Received. Editor Palladium: - I believe ' your paper claims to be neutral on a subject of vital; Interest that Is claiming the attention of every light thinking individual at the pres ent time. I refer to Ahe subject of temperance versus intemperance. I hope you will publish sides of this important question, which you have a right to do at your own option. Now we have the Quest ion argued pro and con, for and against. Some people say the closing: of saloons will ruin the business of your town and that you will have blind tigers In abundance, and that prohibition will not prohibit, r I shall take the liberty to express my views pn the subject. My husband and myself have just returned from a sojourn of two years in a state where they had eighty counties to go dry about five years ago and they seemed so well pleased with the results that they did the proper thing and voted the state dry on the 26th ,of last May, by a majority of 44,369. And the law went Into effect January J, 1909. In answer to the argument that it would ' ruin the business of your town, I reply I am sure it would not. It has been tried and proved successful. ; We spent several days last summer In the city of Greensboro, N. G., which has not had a saloon for about five ; years. The lty ? has a population of 22,000 la the city prop er and 22,000 in the milling and man ufacturing part of the city. I walked the streets and did not see a saloon. I did not see a man intoxicated. I did not ' see but two . policemen and that was when we came in on a night train and those officers were there to watcb the trains. I suppose. I do not remember of seeing but one empty business room. I rode out on the electric line to see the milling part of the city where is located the largest cotton mill In the world, they told me the White Oak mill. We ar rived at the noon hour and we saw an army of workingmen going to dinner. They have at least estimate 5,000 em ployes I was told. The cottages of the working people appeared neat and clean. I saw churches and ... school houses, but I did not see a saloon and I passed through the part of the city where are located . the Revolution Mills and the Proximity Cotton mills. In all those places everybody seemed to be employed and contented. I evenpassed through the part of the city where the colored people had a colony and all seemed at peace in that part of the town. In all those places I did not see an intoxicated person. A..S. C, Items Gathered in From Far and Near Government for the People. - Dr. Charles W, Eliot baa been at Galveston-, and there studied the working of' the commission plan of governing a city, and thus he speaks of It: "The great lesson that Galveston baa gtven to the country is the conduct of the city's business after business principles, getting a dollar's worth for every dollar expended, and a day's work for the pay given. It is a, lesson of i banishing crookedness, rake-offs, cheats and fraud of every nature, sinecures, men who draw pay for no service rendered. In short, the city's business is run as a private business would be run." This is the result of concentrating the responsibility ' upon a very . few men chosen by all .the people to take Charge of the business of the people. One cannot Imagine that Dr. Eliot overstates the matter. It is perfectly logical to expect the results he describes. The very few officers, fee a personal accountability to the Intelligence of the community. If things go wrong, they have somebody to blame, and for this reason things are- not apt to go wrong, as Dr. Eliot testifies. We hope the republican party;, which has always initiated the best things in our progress, would take bold of this purpose. It la the only way of realising" the gospel of Lincoln: "A government of the people, by the people and for & pacple.'V-Ohio State Journal-
EDITORIAL.
WHAT SORT OF MAYOR? ' , ONE SORT WON'T DO BIchmond has played In bard luck In the matter of mayors in the last few years. Everybody knows the sort of men we have had and there is little need to enlarge on the fact that W. W. Zimmerman gave us a rotten administration -and that in order to beat him the last time it ( became necessary to put in a democrat who bad no especial fitness for the office, and who has hot even lived up to bis campaign promises. , As a result of the previous administrations this town stands at a crisis. It has accumulated a heavy burden of expenses and obligations which will necessitate the most rigid economy. The city is in this condition partly from necessary expenses, partly frrom mismanagement, partly from graft and partly from incompetence. As far as the state of things goes it might just as well have been graft as negligence. How much longer is this state of things going to last? It will last until a real live man gets hold of the office who is reliable, capable, absolutely reliable and, trustworthy. - It will last until a man who has proved successful in his own business is placed in office. Nor is it alone a question of the city's finances. 5 . Richmond is facing another crisis a business crisis in which the merchants and manufacturers are just beginning to realize; that there must be a progressive man at the head and not. a knocker. There must be a man who will give everybody a square dealnot his friends but the man in the shops the man like ybu and I who draws bis pay envelope on Saturday night the Man on Main Street who employs clerks and the manufacturer who employs machinists and workers of all sorts. These people all want a square deal. We have no patience with the man who will play to the good citizens to the liquor dealers to the riff raff or to any one class of men and say that he is for "The pee-puL" That gag is too old. We want a man who has shown the goods. Mr. J. B. Gordon has announced his candidacy for Mayor, y We do not think that he is a suitable man for the place. .Whatever may be his merits or his qualities there are several things which make him a man who could not give everybody a square deal. We don't want that sort of man in the mayors office. . There seems to be just one reason why his friends think he is a strong candidate that is because Mr. Gordon has always claimed a large share in the defeat of Dr. W. W. Zimmerman. ' 'x . Is that a sufficient reason? We think not. Mr. J. B. Gordon has at least once every week shown that he is not j, reliable he i3 flighty. He has boasted . at times . that people did not know "what the h be was going to do." '.,, We want a mayor who will not keep the men who elected him busy guessing what he is going to do. We want his principles so well known that there will not be any need to approach his friends to see what Bennett will or will not do. This instability and these erratic spasms are interesting and entertaining in the columns of the Item, but they would be a calamity in the office of mayor. Mr. Gordon has very many times in the opinion of substantial men been prejudiced on many matters. We don't want a prejudiced man. " They are dangerous. They are lenient with their friends' and harsh with their enemies and Mr. Gordon has made many enemies. Mr. Gordon is not capable with his very Interesting, explosive temperament of giving a square deal . But above all other things, Bennett Gordon is a knocker! This is all very well in certain fields but we do not want a pessimistic mayor for this town. We have just awakened out of a long period of inertia. We don't want a damper put on it . . To the republicans of Richmond, therefore, we say this: Do not be content with the transient popularity of this man whose other qualities do not live up to his liking for a scrap. We want a thorough business man. We want a man who is dependable not a man who la ao nervous' and erratic that he can not be relied on at any given moment. We want a man who will give a square deal not a man who is watching for a chance to knife hie legions of personal enemies. We want a man who is progressive and who will act for the best Interests of Richmond and not a pessimistic knocker.
TWINKLES Of No Real Value. There's a Chinese in an Ohio college who is judged to be the best orator in the institution, but we'll bet that he doesn't amount to shucks in athletics. Albany Journal. But Where Does He Live? Our idea of a modest man is one who grows whiskers under which to Conceal his hero medal. Dallas News. Ample Outfit. The single eyeglass is worn by the dude. The theory is that he can see more with one eye than be can comprehend. United Presbyterian. 'Raus Mit 'Em I ... Now for the African campaign in earnest. The malefactors of great strength will have . to Buffer. Pittsburg Dispatch. Plain Patriotic Duty. A Chinaman having been elected to the Phi Beta Kappa at Cornell, there was nothing left for the patriotic Jeffries to do on the same day but announce that be would enter the ring again "and demonstrate that a white man is king of them all." , Foredoomed. ; What is this proposed Massachusetts college which, if the Boston Globe is rightly informed, "will have neither a baseball nor a football team?" Pray, what will it teach, and how does it expect to make a living?" New York Sun. . Would Be in a Hurry. "Bastns," said the solicitous employer, how many times have I told you that there are no such things as ghosts r .-- . - "Ton's told me dat a heap o times. "And yet yon go on being frightened r v-vy-; y;;.-y;;.: Well, sun, I believes yon when yon say dar aln none. But my mm keeps telling me dat one o deseyer dahk nights Ta gwiner see sumpln' dat looks so much like a ehes dat T rant tn diffUsce without stoppin to ahgufy. An, ooss. i ain't got no presence o dill', n-hntsri.-". -i . tac MASONIC CALENDAR. Monday Evening, March 8, 1909 Special meeting, Richmond Lodge. No. 196, F. & A. M. Entered Apprentice degree. , ..... Tuesday March Special convoca tion. King Solomon's Chapter, No. 4, R- A. M. Inspection. Refreshments. Wednesday, March 10. Special As sembly. Wayne Council No. 10. R. &. S. M. Inspection. Refreshments. Thursday, March 11 Webb Lodee, No. 24, F. & A. M. Special meetine-. Master Mason degree. Friday, March 12 Regular convocatlon King Solomon's Chapter; No. 4.
Heart to Heart Talks.
By EDWIN A. NYE. Copy.ight, 1908, by Edwin A. Nye ou: na::jnal songs. Boards of education in several western states arc now requiring that ev. ery pupil that enters high school must be able to repeat the words of one ot our national songs. It Is required that pupils should know by heart such songs as "America" or "Hail Columbia" or rTbe Star Spangled Banner." It is a fact that not one In ten of the average American audiences i3 able to sing all the stanzas of "America." A newspaper tells of a patriotic Snn day school superlntendert who rra: surprised to discover that the national hymn was not in the book used by bis school. Whereupon the superintendent asked the children to cia- the hymn from memory. Thcj- got through the first stanza and then faltered. And tb adults who were present weremnable to lend them much assistance. Do you suppose any company of Germans would fall to sing every line of "Die Wacht am Rhine?" Or can you fancy, any popular audience of the French people that would fail to remember the words of The Marseillaise? Or a gathering of Englishmen that would sing one stanza of "God Save the King" and forget the rest of it? There are abundant seasons why we should be the meet patriotic people on earth. And perhaps we are, but we are a little short in our expression of patriotism. There are two ways by which we the people may best'express our sentiments-display of the flag and songs. Of course it is possible to be patriotic without knowing or singing the words of our national songs. It also is possible to be patriotic without the use of the flag. r The dearest traditions of the republic are wrapped In the folds of the flag. By some mystery of the mind a symbol comes to stand for a sentiment, an object lesson for an idea. The greater the sentiment or idea the greater the symbol. And so cf the songs. Not only the words, but the tunes also, are forever wedded to patriotic memories. They symbolize in the minds and hearts of the masses of the people glorious heroisms and achieve ments. . , The flag should be raised over every seboolbouse in the- land. And the national songs should be taught In every public school. . Single admission for Mrs. Burton Smttlt lectures 25c. Season tickets $L - . . j .ad)
BUSINESS REVIEW OF THE PAST WEEK BY HENRY CLEWS
The coming of the new administration will have a soothing effect upon the nerves of the financial community. Mr. Roosevelt Introduced many reforms that were necessary for public welfare, and pushed them with a vigor that was often unsettling to vested interests. Certain tendencies arising from an undue concentration of wealth were threatening the political horizon, and no matter who undertook the initiative In restraining or regulating them the effect was sure to be disturbing. Yet the purpose of Mr. Roosevelt were always of a high order, and with few exceptions were conducive to public good. It is safe to say that Mr. Roosevelt will go down into history as one of our greatest Presidents, ranking close to Washington and Lincoln; but his methods of carrying out these purposes were, as already said, often very irritating and unsettling. So long as these restraints had to be applied it is perhaps as well that their initiation should have fallen into the bands -of Mr. Roosevelt, for it is easily conceivable that had the task been undertaken by one of less force and more radical the end might have been disastrous. ,, Our ex-president's policies were never destructive; They were always progressive, and have done more to check extreme radicalism and socialism than any movement that the country has ever experienced. As soon as the dust of conflict subsides, a- clearer vision of Mr. Roosevelt's character will be obtained; and ten years her.es it is safe to say that he will have attained a much higher position In the regard of his fellow countrymen than he holds at the present time. The country Is fortunate in having a successor who will continue these policies In a firm, but more tactful and judicious manner. President Taft's ideas and methods are well usderstood. He has the faculty of winning by attraction . rather than compulsion, and now that the current of reform has been turned in the
THE SCRAP BOOK
Surprised the' Minister. .The new minister was making his first call and was waiting for mamma In the drawing room. Little sister and her elder were holding .an earnest confab In the ball. "You dassent," said the elder Is tense, small tones. "You ust see," said little sister proudly. And she danced off into the drawing room, an angelic figure la daintiest, white, her bif blue eyes Innocent and confiding. When mamma appeared, just as little sister danced out of the door again, she thought the expression of the minister was rather curious and that be seemed to be making an effort to control ft; also bis manner was embarrassed and bis call was. very brief. The small maiden was forthwith summoned and asked what she had talked about with the minister. "Nothing much, she faltered. "Tell me exactly what you said to him," mamma demanded sternly. "It It wasn't anything much Just a little story Edith and I made up to tell the janitor's little ? girls. They were down there in the yard when you made us come up yesterday, and they told us such yarns, mamma. .You never beard such things. So we made up a story to tell them, and Edith dared me to tell it to the minister, and I did." "And what was it? Tell me exactly what you said." "It wasn't any anything much," the small voice faltered. "I just told him that my papa came home last night as drunk as he could be and kicked my mamma over and jumped up and down on her stuinmk-k. And, mamma, the minister did look so funny and s'prised!" Easy Coma, Easy Qo. ' , A passerby at Broad and Lombard streets, in Philadelphia, once heard tl;e following dialogue between a laborer who was digging in a sewer and a stout, beaming lady with a capacious market basket on her arm: "Ah. good mania to you, Pat, said she. leaning over and looking into the pit. "And what are ye doln'r "Good marnin'. Bridget." he replied, looking up. "I'm a-earntn alimony for yees. And what are you doln'r" Sure, I'm a-ependln it," replied Bridget airily as she trotted off. Lippincott's. j The Ambitious Hon. "Ambition." said an Inventor, "accomplishes dally miracles. Remember the ambitious hen. . "This faithful creature always laid an egg of the same size as the porcelain nest egg used on her aa a decoy. "Perceiving bis hen's Intense ambition, the farmer put a porcelain goose egg in her nest. She laid a goose egg. "Then the farmer, greatly pleased, put in the nest a whitewashed footbalL The next time, be visited the barn be found in the nest an egg as big as the football, bat no ben was in sight "Be took np the egg and saw engraved on it: "'I'm no ostrich, but I've done my best." : - j Under the Mistletoe. She stocd looking at him so innocently from under a eprij of mistletoe that had been left hanging in the parlor since Christmas. She was so pretty and she was under the mistletoe, and he couldn't help It be had kissed bert It was an ungentlemanly and unkindly thing to do- He knew that now. as be remembered her frightened, startled look and the miserable excoses he tried' to stammer out yes. and the tears in her eyes, and the little choking sob with, which she bad received his stumbling apology. " 'Who could ; think she would Teel Hke that about ltr bo thought "Dear Uttle tnnocentr ' And she. after he was gone she lay down on the sofa and cried: "I like him so much, and now to gtrgk iie.jbeQldkJssnu.mt bst and
direction in which he distinctly ' led, there is every reason to expect a healthy progress in political developments. ' One of the country's greatest needs at this time Is large crops, and much depends upon the next harvest. A
poor yield will surely prolong depres-' sion, and bring much hardship among the working classes, while a big yield will prove an incalculable advantage and do much towards insuring a return to real prosperity. The high cost of living must be largely attributed to the high prices prevailing for agricultural products. . Wheat, flour, ots. hay. meats, vegetables, butter, eggs, etc., are all unusually expensive because there is not a sufficient abundance of these articles to keep prices at a more normal level. Available supplies are so limited, and cheap money, so abundant, that unhealthy speculation is foistered. It is altogether too easy to corner the markets. The only cure for this situation is larger crops the world over and higher rates for money. It is generally recognized that the growth of agriculture, especially in the United States, has not kept pace with the growth of population, partly because of the drift towards the great cities. The result is that today our farmers as a class are the most prosperous people in the country; in fact, they have had several years of prosperity, and the prospects are that this will continue for some time to come. No one begrudges our agricultural classes their good fortune, for they have been and must continue to be. the backbone of the country. But this prosperity has not been shared by others; it has been chiefly class prosperity, whereas true prosperity is that which is shared by all classes in something approaching equitable proportions. Just now the farmers are thriving upon the necessities of a helpless public, which is passing through a period of more or less adversity and depression. - tnen "say Tie c;cm mean anything Toy it! What does be think that I stood there for, the ldiotr The Making of a Man. Reading maketb a full man. confidence a ready man and writing an exact man. And therefore if a man write little be bad need have a great memory, if be confer little he had seed hare a present wit. and If be read little he had need bare much cunning to aeem to know that which he doth not. Histories make men wise, poets witty, the mathematics subtle. natural philosophy deep, moral writ-! tags grave, logic and rhetoric able to .contend. Francis Bacon. A Fellow Feeling. In a wild dash to catch his train a belated suburbanite went leaping up the stairs at an L" station only toi reach the platform just as the gates I were slammed abut and the train be-1' gan to move. Panting violently and watching the departinc train for a moment be finally sought to elicit a little sympathy or comfort from a German bystander, says Harper's Weekly. Assuming an air of indifference, be remarked good aaturedly. "I didnt quite make it. ' "Make rot?" Inquired the German, who apparently had not noticed any. thing unusual. "That train."Yy dit yon vant to make tt vera tt vas made alrettyr "No. I mean I was too late to get aboard." j "Vat for you vant a board T "No; not that T wanted to take that train." "How coot you took It van so many hat It alrettyr j "No, no, no," excitedly. "I mean I wanted to ride on that train, but didnt get here soon enough." Just then the German's train pulled up at the station, and aa he stepped through the gate he was beard to reply: "Dot tos too bad. But bow vas It any of my tarn pisness?" Knew Where He Belonged. - One stormy morning during a cruise an officer ef the battleship Missouri was making bis tour of inspection. While crossing the forecastle be encountered a coal passer leaning on the rail in the throes of raal de mer. With a gruff voice . be demanded. "Here, here, my man. where do you beiongr The seasick man's hand went to bis cap in an attempt to salute. "Cleveland, O., sir," he replied. The Spirit Moved Him. An old negro preacher approached a southern physician and offered a scrap of paper. "Please, sab. to read dat." be said. The physician found tt to be an advertisement In which It was asserted that whisky was the only genuine and reliable specific for malaria. "But you haven't any malaria, uncle," be assured the old man; "none of It around here at all." , "Wbar do dey bab It de wust. Mars Jeemsr the other then asked curiously- . - "It's pretty . bad down on Cypress river." the physician told blm. naming i a locality sone twenty miles away. j A few days later the physician was ' passing the old fellow's cablu and olf served Llm cllmWcjr upon a rickety wajron piled high with household goods. : '" . Movttr. CU!e Xed" be asfcrd. "Where are you aoingT "Mars J re res." the r.td man said soU emnly. "Ah doce had a ralL De srr!t done moe c to go wuck In de Lord's vineyard on de banks nb Cypress ribberr Harper's Weekly. Sotsanoars Privileges. This story, xhose who object. to lightsome handling of Scripture subjects are asked to . remember. " was Archbishop Hagee's: A Gloucestershire lady was reading the Old Testament : to an eld woman who Bred at the ledge and chanced noon the
ADVERTISEMENT.
J. g. GORDON ANNOUNCES HIS CANDIDACY. To the Citizens of Richmond:' - " - '
In announcing myself to the RevjbUcans ot Richmond aa a can4
for major I feel as if something more
ment is due to tliem. Such an announcement is, rot the result of any
impulse on my part, neither is it the
ed desire. It is the outcome of a conscientious effort on the part of :
citizens during the past three weeks to decide upon some one who tl willing to put his shoulder to the wheel and give to the city of KtdusoaA four years of honest, conscientious and progressive adlmnlsttailou, free from politics and personal aggrandizement, and serving at all times the best interests of all the people. At the beginning of thla cearaaa I agreed to abide by the result and to throw all of my support and Influence in favor cf the one decided upon, or to make the race myself ahould I be selected. Other young men equally capable and equally deserving and whom I would have gladly supported hare generously deferred to me; hence my candidacy. I enter the contest with the full knowledge that It will he hard fight. I bear no malice toward any of my opponents. I shall fight this fight openly and squarely, as I have fought in every other contest tn which I have been engaged In the past ten years. I shall endeavor e he fair anrl I rhall stick to the truth in my promises. I shall leave the Vetera to pass vnen my conclusions. I shall etan for something in this campaign. I shall net deal Ift gesV eralities or vague promises. I shall po on record publicly aa to what I
believe and aa to tha sort of an administration I shall give, tf
The voter ef today should net be asked to accept a candidate blindly.
It is not my purpose to begin
Easter, if tae primaries are set late enough, because I think: after twft such arduous campaigns as this community has experience La the atg months just past, it Is entitled to a breathing spell during: LemL It fens ever, the primary date is set earlier I shall act aceoittncly. Whs say active campaign begins I shall outline In more detail say SletJaeaa InvOka fight, and rhall welcome discussion of it. Pending that times. ft aatrSw well for me to touch upon a few salient point to atop any tmf rjnTTsion that might arise meantime. First I am unequivocally In favor ef law enforcement. The fact tha the next mayor will practically control the police department make thla a most vital Issue in this campaign. As the heed of such uepartmeftt. If successful. I shall enforce the laws strictly and Impartially. The dthjens of this city in the recent local option election went on record In favor of strictly regulated saloons, not a wide open town.. As the first coroBary to this policy I shall, by virtue of the power vested in the mayor, forfeit the license of any saloon keeper who is guilty of any violation ef the law during my administration. As the second corollary, there will be teahouses of prostitution operated in t'jis city under my adminlstraUon. I shall discuss this plank more fully later on. . . Second I shall not, however, use my office nor any power .connected therewith to promulgating what are commonly termed "blue lavs," the majority of which are usually of local origin and all of which are more honored in their breach than in their observance. A "wide open town" le one extreme; a "Puritanical" regime la the other extreme. I shall not permit the first I will refuse to be a party to the second, directly or ta directly. ' Third If successful, the pressnt firs department wilt net be touched. In any of its personnel. That branch of our city gtrrnrnment should. Tee immune from politics, and no man now a part of It will be illsialsend tn event of my success, except for violation of the rules of that depsrOsat and then only after a fair and open trial. ' Fourth I am, as I have always been, in favor of the retention and tha proper management of the municipal light plant, I shall insist, however that inasmuch as It Is public property and supported by all -Mfrne. that it must not discriminate between the rich and the poor, the aaaa with
pull and the man without any, the mechanic and the capitalist, fa matter of rates for light. It it is "business" to out rates to Che man.
can afford to pay high, rates, It is "business'' to est thsa to t ca cannot afford to pay high rates. 'The email property owner wfco l fcJ
every four years, in order to get his to any and all favors which the plant business to see te It that there ie no
any more than for another. Thla question I shall undeuhtedly take Kf fc
detail later. . Fifth I Bhall have office hours at a fixed place, and a portion ef these hours will be fixed after supper, so that those whose werfc-esflna the day prevents thorn from taking up matters concerning them and their interests, may have an opportunity to do so. Sixth I shall, as presiding officer ef council, and In any ether sues utive capacity, see te It that no ordinance, franchise, contract or any other instrument affecting the righta and welfare of the people la permitted tt be "jammed" through council or the hoard of works, and aheuld any be
over my pretest I shall withheld any to mako it valid, until the public has
chance te discuss it. I AM UNALTERABLY opposed to "railreeelng" In any legislative or semi-legislative body. Seventh I hereby pledge that in event of my success I shall use) every honorable effort to secure for the west side a hose house, and that if at any time it Is within my power to make this long-deferred public Improvement an actuality I shall see tliat it la ordered aad constructed. Eighth I am in favor of a new city charter, modernising and ays tematizlng our municipal form of government, along the name lines " as have been successfully Inaugurated and followed In Loa Angeles, Calves ton, Des Moines and elsewhere. To acquire this, means years of acttav tion, education and work, but I shall begin this , campaign at once. One of the most commendable features ef this form ef gswsrnmswt le the "re call ayatem," whereby any public official who IS faith lees te hie trust, wfce) breaks his plsdn) (made te get votes) ti the people after he is sleeted, who betrays their inta rests, who'besomee corrupt, who refuses to siiforce , the lawn and perform hie duties, is made te resign and submit hie case te the people. Te show my faith and belief in sush a papular form ef gov crnment, and to aM force te my sincerity in thfe fight, I hereby puMMy pledge the voters that In event ef my nomination and election should I he come guilty ef any ef these' offenses in the opinion of thirty per cent ef the ler.al voters of this city, I will, upon the presentation to eeuneil ef a petition signed by thirty per cent of the legal voters ef thie city, stating that they em me guilty of failure te live up te my pledgee of thie cam paign or to perform the duties of my office as required by law,' and speck, tying the same, I shall resign at once and submit my case te the people. . These are the principal points I with to emphasize now. ' Others wQ
'follow, and together with these will progresses. With this introductory
lican nomination for mayor, soliciting the support of all voters. Yours Very R?spectfully, ' ' 7 . J. B. GORDON.
cernfeg sioionum's loisb?d. . "Had Sclomcn really "!X1 wiveaT krd the dd Tvoma: after reflection. "Oh. yes. Mary. It is so stated u the P.lble.- " T-or. mum." was . the coctmept, -tv hat prlrlleses tfcem early Christiana war , . - :
Critnisffliiy cf Wast. ir I wanted to train a chKd to bs thrifty I shouiJ teach him to abhor waste. T do not mean waste of money that cures Itself, because very soon there is no money to waste but waste of materia!, waste of something thrt is useful, 1ct that you cannot represent in money value to the waster. There is waste ef water, waste of gms and tbiegs cf that kind. . If you . would wish your children to lie thrifty I would bog to Impress cpoo them the criminality of waste. Lord Bosebsry la Edinburgh Address. PALLADIUM WANT ADS. PAY.
than the usual forasal
consummation of any long my active T"rjlg'H'g until vote, that It ie "hie plant." le has to show, and I will make R "ground fleer" rate for official signature of mine been . apprised of K and be elaborated upon as the I launch my candidacy for the Political Announcements FOR mayor; k HENRY W. DUIKER Is a caadldat for mayor, subject to the Repeelicaa nomination. t 4 ron r.iTV clcbK. BAL.TZ A- bescher is a caacTOats for the office of city clerk of Richmond, subject to the , Republican ' nomination.;.". "; """r- ' r..- ..';'- FARM PCn : C2Z1Z7T Tyebarve) 13
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