Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-06-17
THE STATE PRESS.

Bedford City is up against the tramp
problem, according to the Bulletin. 1t
says:
-Four or five tramps every day is
about good average for this town. The
MAIN. the halt, the blind and every va.
riety of the genus homo they come an
noTnS the housekeepcrs and eNasper-
ating our business men. besides draw
ing from the community a certain
amount of cash that would much better
be bestowed upon our own worthy,
needy poor. Every community should
support its own Daupcrs. and as 1t is
certain since they arrive in swarms,
that they come from somewhere the
best thing Bedford City can do would
be 10 enforce its ordinances on the SUBJ
ject. and. by Keeping them out of her
lines, be enc factor in keeping them
within their own boundaries"
The genuine tramp does not come
from anywhere. or rather he comes
from everywhere. The only remedy for
the !rasnp is to arrest him for vagrana
cy and put HIM to work.
The murder trial of A. C. Gilligan is
still in progress. He admits the killing
OF Mr.. Turner. and then proceeds to
defame the fair name of the murdered
mans daughter. Such scoundrel
should be hung, and no other verdict
should satisfy the good people of Isle Of
Wight Culpeper Enterprise
Is 1t not always better to leave It TO
the jury. who have all the evidence be
fore them. to decide whether the ac-
cused shall hang? In the Riddiclz case
the press of the State kept most COM
CT tla
rendered. 1t was a precedent worth
sticking to.
The Suffolk Herald thinks the town
council made a mistake in taxing man
ufacturing plants.
The action of the Council of Suffolk
In taxing manufacturing and indus
trial plants has been severely criticised
by many Of our citizens. We fail to
call to mind any other municipality that
taxes such enterprises as Suffolk does.
and such methods are not calculated to
attract or encourage manufacturing en-
tcrprises."
Speaking of the proposition to- 1117riec.
the proposed suffrage qualification of
the new constitution apply to all classes
alike the Blackstone Courier says:
1.-The Norfolk convention settled that
question when 1t declared in favor OF
granting the right to all who possessed
1t prior 10 Gl or the descendants of
those. This was one OF The conpro-
misses demanded by the opponents and
conceded by the supporters of the CON
Venion question. The Democratic par
ty is therefore committed 10 this pro-
vision as much as To amy other matter
.
ton"
Has the Courier not learned that
small thing like a party pledge never
troubles some people?
The Southampton Democrat rdicules
the attempt to select the president and
secretary OF the coming constitutional
convention offhand. 1t adds:
"If the constitutional convention is
divorced from machine politics in the
clectio1 of IT'S members, as IL should
and must be, the very ablest men in
every county and city of the State will
sit in Ii. and if this is the case, not less
than fifty of the hundred men who will
probably compose the convention can
easily be found to fill the presidency
with distinguished ability"
III me Democrat don't want to get
into the bad graces of the peart pcliti-
clans it had best have a care.
The prosperous city Of Norfolk Is still
on boom. You can see improvements
on every street beng made. What
causes this? Easily answered. They
have the public spirit and push and
energy. and this Will accompl sh 1t for
any city where 1T is. We notice the
Council Of Norfolk on last Tuesday
appropriated $4,000 for her sidewalks.
Inis we'll he money we'll spent, and
everything seems push and vim.-Pe-
tersburg Post.
The Post is kind and acknowledge
ments are made. S,il just little
more push and Vim" wouldn't bust
the bller' even in NorfoiA.
There is always a class of people
who, when they read a healthy and
honest criticism on public questions.
Will raise their ire and heap abuse
upon the editor OF the Journal in whose
columns st may appear. Although
they may not be directly connected
with the question at issue, they COLL
tho editor all Kinds Of mn r.ae, yyfthn,tt