The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-06
PEOPLE AND POLITICS.
BY AN OBSERVER.


la a recent number: Business men In
ali parts of the city expressed themselves
as welI-pleased with the success OF the
Jubilee" There you have It In nut
shell. Commercial bodies retail mer-
chants. hotels and the like have been
getting up these so-called peace jubilees
for the money that is in it. They began
showing I'm New York soon after the war
was over They next spread their tents
In Chicago and Omaha, then moved Dack
To Philadelphia, ana now Atlanta az
ways struggling to keep up WIN inc
head of the procession. is trying To get
up one. 1t drops very readily into the
spirit Of the old Roman triumphs 10 nave
a great procession and see the men who
have done the deeds greeted with acclaim
by the riotous multitudes. our good peO-
pie -.
"IIave climbed up 10 walls and battie-
monts,
To towers and windows, yet, TO chimney
tops,
Their infants in their arms, and there
have sat
The Hvelong day, with patient exp8ta-
tion
To see great shafter pass the streets"
about him the very men who rode the'r
fiowery path through Porto Rico; next,
riding in a trap. is Hobson with his
Merrimac men. Iookl Who neXtY The
GRIM grizzied little Fighting Joe, ana
sometimes Alger. he OF army contract
and political heller epaulcts fame. These
good citizens, headed by the President
20 forth 10 make themselves a motley
TO tho view" and at their sight the
many-headed multitude let's forth deal
Of sinking breath" The retail ana
clothing merchant chuckies with gieo
as the rural citizens crowd TO the me-
tropolis. Chambers OF commerce send
kilograms 20 Washington: "llavo ordered
here Immediately one dozen warships,
genuine article. with the smoke of bat
tie and the smell of the fight upon them,
and some two dozen bona fide heroes.
They want to gull the gaping farmers
although the taxes are heavy enough
for running this war. they want TO get
a little more out of them | WAS amused
at a citizen from Philadelphia who pass
ed through Virginia not long since ana
said "You, Virginians. are not as pa
triotic as we are IN Philadelphia. There
every store that you see IS beautifully
decked with American flags could
not help but smile and recall those Ger
tain thrifty citizens up North, Whom
Patricl, Henry said were making use OF
tho American flag to secure certain adj
vantages for Northern harbors, and
thereby rendering undesirable the strong
bonds of a federal union. Frequently
this wide display Of bunting before GER
tain stores has an Hebraic flavor 10 II.
1t is much more desirable TO forbid such
a hammock" Of the American flag than
TO encourage IT, At any rate, let us have
no more iubiees. There are many
things to mourn over In this war as
well as To rejoice over. The professional
hero ought not to take his place beside
the other food of professionals that are
covering this country.
Virginia has been invaded by another
stump orator This time Il is Mr. Joseph
W. Bailey, he Of the fun moon counter
ance and rotund voice. Bailey is
master in using old. well-worn and thor
oughly established Democratic platitudes.
People of Virginia feel kindly towards
this young man because he received
part Of his education al our great Univer-
sity, but he has thoroughly demon
strated his unfitness. for the leadership
Of a great party. and it is pltiable TO
think of the plight Of the great party
that has to depend upon such men for
leadership The Loui.vile Courier
Journal remarked the other day that the
Democrats would have much better
chance Of controlling the incoming Con-
gress If they had only, during the last
Congress, stuck a stick of candy In
Babe Bailey's mouth and thus kept him
occupied. Such belitting Of strong men
as that does no good among the masses
Of the people. But when Dir. Bailey
aof,oo into tl-o Cfata Of Niro-fnfo md talks
about the Richmond Times as not being
mentioned by a decent man." shows
that he IS unfit 10 be the guest OF the
good people Of this State. The
Times has consistently and pleas
antly, with most equable temperament,
advocated always the gold dollar, in
everything else. in the upbuilding of the
material interests of the people. I'm tho
domination Of the white race in our State
government, in fostering educational in
stitutions, in everything that goes 10
make up an honorable respectable, pure
and clean sheet, Tho Times has
been one Of the best exemplars on
the American continent Other papers
that had advocated the gold dollar be-
fore the Chicago Convention forfeited
their convictions and fell into line with
the shrieking, shouting, mad partisanry
Of the hour The Times proceeded on
tho even tenor of it's way never lost its
temper never said a black-guardly or an
ungentlemany word. So that 1t can
apply very readily to Mr.. Bailey and all
of the smaller shouters. the severe old
Dnglish injunction, cease, viper, you
gnaw a file"
Richard Croker IS a grim old political