Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-03-10
GOT ITS DOSE AT LAST.

The legislature OF Virginia which
WAS forward in passing humiliating
legislation against the colored man
was not slow in enacting damaging
Legislation against the white man as
well.
This was jast as we expected. In
their blind haste to injure the colored
man, they set q pace which carried
them to point where it seemed that
they could not stop and their own kith
and kin became the victims.
These thoughts are caused by the
many bowls which are now coming
from the neighborhooi Of the cellar,
where but few days ago, the colored
citizen was hapless victim.
The Negro out Of the way, these Ne
gro-haters were looking around for q
new victim.
Strange to say, in the darkness they
grabbed some of their own crowd.
What else are we Co presume when
the Richmond, We, TIMES, the cham
pion and advocate of the "Jim Crow"
Gar, gives vent, March 9Th, to the fol-
lowing utterancss which seem to come
from the deepest recesses of the heart
of an individual in the dirsst misery:
"In spite of the fact that twenty five
out OF total of forty members of the
Senate Petitioned Governor Tyler to
withhold his signature from the bill
Il n inU vr1Ss al co
sonal property, the Governor yesterd ay
signed the bill, and 1t has become law.
The only hope now is that the Court
of Appeals will declare the law to be
| unconstitutional, for the reason that il
did not receive q constitutional ma iori-
| ty OF the Senate. There is little doubt
that the court will GO declare as soon
as test case which will be made up
shall have been brought to it's atten.
tion."
And again:
"We cannot but believe that this bill
was introduced primarily for the sake
OF creating new offices in every county
| and city in the state. Under it more
than hundred new positions will be
| at the disposal of those who control
the dominant party. The latest sort
OF pickings will belong to those who
are fortunate enough to get any of
these appointments, while an unscru-
pulous commissioners can make himself
at once as wealthy aud as odious as
Turkish tax-gatherer."
The above is rich reading especially
in view of the fact that white men only
are TO hold all OF the offices and that
only Negroes are said to be unscrupu-
Ions.
Wen guarantee that JOHN E. EPPs
and his associates voted for this bill
and no doubt, Mr.. EPPs will resign the
two positions which he now holds, in
order to accept one of these Offices il
the money is to be as plentiful as you
say twill be and the opportunity for
'fat PickIngs" plainly apparent.
We mean this of course provided he
is not out fought, outruu and OUTPUT.
ted by Brother" E y. FowLKrs,
whose laundering after "the flesh pots
of Egypt" 10 as well-kno wn as that of
the legislator to whom reference is
| made.
The TINES, very much like man
suffering from q bad attack OF the
wind-colic remarks:
"The ArmeniaRs will now sym pa
| thize with the Virginians should these
men, VINO are paid q percentage upon
what they can extort, get fairly to
work. Never since the days of the Ro.
man empire, when the publicans piled
their baleful trade, has there been such
Q splendid opportunity for the tax.
getherer to enrich himself at the ex-
ponse OF the taxpayer. It Is certainly
the latest collecting job ever put into