The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-17
He HAS RECOVERED.
Tramp" Comes to the Front Once
More.

take In that 1t will be some time before
he entirely RECEIVERS
IL Vt is not too late to say so-that con-
ventlon was all right and our people
should feel proud of it In the first place
TOO much praise cannot be given to those
who did the work-the committees to
whom fell the task of handling the i'm
mense crowds that were in the CITY That
they did it we'll is evidenced by the Eek.
pressions of satisfaction heard on every
ride The delegates one and all were
pleased with us and our city-our .recep-
ton and hospitality and they did not hes
ltate to say so 1t is really remark able
that they should all have found accom-
mo"ations with so little trouble The ar
rangements committees usually have the
result of their labors accepted as a mat.
ter OF course-if they make mistakes they
are criticised; If they do not they get no
credit What would our convention have
been without them? The convention was
remarkable for the entire freedom with
which each and every delegation appeared
to exercise it's right to vote The usual
bossism. was conspicuous by it's absence
All proceedings were conducted ut the
pleasure of those making up the body
That the results were probably foreseen
aud counted upon by the leaders of the
party cannot be denied but to an observer
their hanhs could not be seen in the
workings of the convention There has
possibly never been more solidly repre-
sentative gathering in the State This
was due perhaps to the time of year-a
time when the farmers can leave their
crops for few days The convention was,
beside representative, good natured To
those who could witness, the proceedings
it was trent to see the good will exist
ing between the followers Of so many diff
fRrQnt r0nHi6afnc a nd ho =
which those opposed came over to the
one selected AS long as tnese few char
acteristics are pre-eminent, our State
should never fear that the voice of her
people is not being needed or the will of
the constituents of cur commonwealth
being carried .out We still think, how.
ever, and all the more so after hearing the
expressions of surprise by many at oul
city and its growth, that our people let u
glorious opportunity to display our re-
sources go by AS it is we will not soon
be forgotten-yet little trouble and u
little expense might have accomplished
ircalculable good to our commercial in
tereStS
There were many little ..amusng iuci-
dents during the convention The follow
ing was especially so, we think We do
not know any of the parties concerned
A delegate from the rural districts was
met Mt the door of his lodgings by the
lady of the house who proceeded forth
with to inform him of the great advan-
tages he had gained by coming there to
stay She said: "Now, sthis is my very
best room and want YOU to look Mt it;
that is my best bed-the incest bed in
the house-that is the bed my husband
died on; and look mt that cot over by the
window, isn't it nice? My brother died
on that cot just where it is now-anu the
bed stands exactly as it did when my
husband died Now, right here on this
spot by the bureau is where my son died
right here My son was IL doctor and if
you open the bureau you can look Mt the
instruments he always used Tomorrow
morning if you have any time before
breakfast you must 'amuse yourself by
looking at the skeletons he kept III the
closet over there They are real nice skel-
| etous and he always kept them handy
| 1t is not known whether this delegate
was the gentleman mp before Justice
Wood the next day for sleeping in Nor
| folk and Western box car or not, but the
surmise is that it was.
='Some of the delegates from the country
were anxious to know how the weather
| was going to be, and started out to find
the signal bureau that they understood
was to have been placed on Mill Noun
tain some time ago. They were told that
it had been decided to place it on the new
public building and one of them was
nearly killed in climbing the flag pole In
| seach IF the Indications. He said he
could not find it. 1t is curious, when
! everyone knows that the signal station is
in that public building. Some one sug-
gested that possibly it had fallen down
and had become covered up by the work
men in building the new board walk on
81, tl,otx al,
| that could not he for one could see it
thought the cracks if 1t were.
There have been some peculiar state
mcnts made about the arrest of young
| Fitzgerald on Saturday morning in which
| Officer Gee is said to have handled the
prisoner roughly. Those who know Fitz.
| gerald must see the absufdity in the use
| of kicks or blows with clubs in making
his arrest. He is not n large man and II
| three policemen and one outside man were
not able to handle him without violence
they ought to go away out in the country
and practice ut n sheep shearing. The
same may be said of three officers and one
outside man handling almost any one
man in the State of Virginia. 1t may be
true that Mr.. Gee was not strong or
hardy with his feet" We hope it is not,
for our city wants no such men to pro-
| tect it. Sentiment should enter into
cases of this sort The officer in question
has :many friends and may be we'll
thought of, but if he 10 not able to con
troll his temper or is not physically able
to do the work of policeman he should
he given an opportunity to find other and
more suitable occupation. The use of
| clubs is permissible in extreme cases, but
any able bodied man should be ashamed
to use them, or his feet when assisted by
three'other strong men. We cannot but
| say for shame-for shame. no matter
| what the circumstances