The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-04-19

, - a..n ohorcc more than three cents per
Ia for carving passenger, and that t'eke1s
-. ,as .encers "shall be good until used."
| This last is very good. The hapit Oh 'ill'.,
,,o the time for which ticket Is eeoe
o.reat absurtity. 1t is mar
row and impolilic rule. Railroads should ne
above any such microscopic ideas. Sell tick
cts. and take them in when they are presented.
The longer the holder keeps them the greater
the chance of the railroad company that
they will be lost or from some cause never
used. But that is not important. The rail-
road company is not benefited by the dca'h
of the passenger. They need not teel tue
weight Of passenger. A liberal ana go
ahead policy is the one for railroads. iF!
should not lie housing over return tichelS
or over cents. They are no srlrrow-hawks
70 he skirin the bushes. Ihcy are u Il
provder order of birds, looking over the
troad expanse of country, and should resu-
late their movements with a corresponding
comprchensiveness.
Unfortunately the State of New jersey,
which dgested so wise general bill, fails
when she touches the question of dead
headi>n. She shows the same scllishness
that the bieot did when he prayed for him
self, his wife, and his son JONI, and nobody
else. She cnactS that any railroad built under
her general law shall pass, free of charge,
The following public officers while on duty:
The governor, the chancellor, rice-chancel-
lor, the justices OF the Supreme court and
the judges Of the court of errors, secretary
Of State, State treasurer, controller Of the
treasury, clerk in chancery. clerk of the SUI
premc court, Acknowledgement, quartcrmas.
ter-general, State librarian, State prison
keeper, and superintendent of public schools
of New Jersey. Tue members and officers
of both Houses of the Legislature are to
travel free whether on duty or not.
This is quite selfish, and comes with an i'll
grace rom the State that grants the general
charter. We very much prefer the Penn
>vlvania idea, which puts under the ban all
deadheaCism on railroads. The people who
are not deadheaded would, no doubt, prefer
that their public officers should stand on the
same platform with themselves. They, more
over, pay the Legislators mileage, and the
members in requiring the railroads to pass
them free make the allowance of mileage
from their constituents clear gain. while 1t
was meant to be only all indemnity for actual
expense of travelling. This is n specimen Of
avarce and greed quite inconsistent with the
proper dignity of legislator.
We suppose the legislators who passed the
bill thought that their office had been de-
graded below the common level: that they
must be paid not only once, but they must
receive, like menials, a douccur for every Spe-
cial act All dcadheadism is abominable,
but your Legislative dcadhcadsm is the worst
of ali. Legislators in becoming the bene-
fciaries of the system not only accept favor
for an expected service, but they betray their
trust as representatives Of the people. We
trust the day is not far oil wien legislator
who accepts free ticket will be considered
ineligible for Il reelection to bis position. 1t
would be proper and right to dismiss him as
unworthy of the trust rcposed in him.