The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-08-26
wIrHvIHGINIA EDITORS.

The Petersburg Index-Appeal says
The difference between Your Uncle
Horace Boles and the average free sill
verite IS that Your Uncle has sense
enough TO know when a cause Is dead
and TO take measures to have 1t properly
buried.
when Hon. ]. Hoge Tyler was defeated
before the state convention in lss9, he
told this story: An Irishman was pass
ing through a country and saw on
tombstone the inscription, II am not
dead" "And shure," said Pat "there
he times whin a body IS excusable TOT
living But II / was dead and under a
tombstone. I would stand up and own
Il loike a man.
The state papers are stu saying nice
things OF Mr.. Ellyson. Here is a sample
paragraph from the Page News:
Hon. ]. Taylor Ellyson, by his conduct
at the Roanoke convention, mas hAeu
himself with the Democratic element III
the state. His name VIII not De loi5o
ten. and we predict that in the near
future Mr.. Ellyson will get at a. hands
OF the Democratic party, the recognition
he deserves.
Copving n recent editorial from The
Times about bid of certain politicians
for spells. the Roanoke Times says:
There is a great deal of truth in what
the Richmond paper says. Any political
marty that will blow hot and cold or
seek alliances solely for the purpose Oh
getting the offices deserves a speedy deatn
and a brief funeral. But Is the implied
IT. HNN IL md 10 u
orlng to fuse with the Republican party
for the purpose OF defeating the Demo
cratic nominees well founded? We think
not. All political parties are afflicted with
place hunting demagogues, who VIII not
hesitate 10 enter into A bargain ana sale
transaction TO promote their indvidual
schemes. Those in the Populist party
will not be able TO deliver the goods.
Ninetv-nine per cent.of the Populists
will. we believe. vote for Hoge Tyler re-
CARELESS of what a few bosses may de-
mand. Had a man Of the people
Democrat, an advocate Of the free coinage
of silver. been named for Lieutenant
Governor he would have equal strength
with Tyler among the Populists.
IL is limited that the honest elections
plank I'm the Popuist platform was the
snag that sunk their ship In the Demo
cratic maeltrom yet we are told that
Major Tyler IS an advocate OF honest
elections. which means that he favors
few changes I'm the election laws we now
have. Too early yet 10 charge the Popu-
lists with being a party for spoils.
Tn the same connection the Roanoke
World says:
The Richmond Times charges the Popu-
list party with being set OF place hunt
ers. We do not believe the charge Will
hold good i'm its entirely, but the fact
that they are willing to fuse with any
and everybody makes It plain that many
OF them are in the business for revenue
only.
We did not make sweeping charges.
but were careful TO say that our re-
marks applied only TO those Populists
who were in politics for what they could
make out Of It, We noted the honorable
exceptions.
Richmond will be far happier n she
abandons her attempts to make money
out of a meeting there OF the G. A. r.,
saws the Charlottesville Progress. THAT
is not the way to bridge the chasm.
Some way less obviously mercenary must
be found. True brotherhood has no refer
ence TO the cash drawer