The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-16

The Richmond Dispatch OF !esseI-
lay morning contains the ioiio"sA' -
statement:
Mr. Hampton Hoge has incensed
r,nnr Eirrii,ians by the recent dee s
eaf;nn that, Virginia has become ioe-
e silizsd 5nd that she is d hundred years
bahind Inc times The SUITE Ssoliil llI,.-
nee has sent out q. paInI,hlet -, ~ 80, !,
Z 10 the charges made by Mr. i1ose, ~. III
which are quoted excerpts llo.n ~ .h..
pan-Arnerican Exposition by NJ.
s iasa,,h BRYAN. of Richmond. and MI.
;eorge VI. Miles, of Pulaski. Inc
Ss-ures show what Virginia has done
IN the way of developing her maieriai
resources. and in helping her peol,ie
4 to an education TO ut them LOT !9,e
struggle OF life. The figures torn Tue i,
most eloquent answer posslpi,e 70 NV
asne,sions which Mr.. Hoge mas caSl
MN 5he State. The pamphlets might
have contained the assertion that W.
vSn;a is doing more for public schools
Eha,, any other State of the South. MI,
& Hn,ee night have also been referred
$ - n, editorial article in the SATURDAY
6 Evening Post, of Philadelphia, last
+ week. complimentary Of Virginia ma l,9r
the way ii, which she is supporting ne
educational institutions OF the SIM
The Democrats cannot understand me
1nnt;ye Of Mr.. Here is making the ut
teck on flle Stafa-his State, ne
pamphlet referred to, in Introducing
The extracts from the speeches Oh me
gentlemen named. very pertlnent.!
asked: "In the fight OF such 1acts. Is
she man who goes over Nlr@lllia ira
i1Irc,nr her fair name a proper person
TO be her Governor:
This lis a poor sort of campaigning
Tor Colonel Hoge. 1t does not possess
even the merit of originality 1t is
revival Of a species of campaigning
which we had hoped had been forever
abandoned in Virginia. Calamity
Shouting was very popular in this State
several years ago. and when Governor
TYLER stunped the State in the cam
! eaign Of 1897, he preached calamity
: tar and wide. Many of the Virginia
newspapers also joined in the cry
md an outsider would have supposed
from these speeches and newspaper
articles that Virginia WAS one OF 1ae
most God-forsaken spots on earth.
Times readers will recall that we told
the stump orators and our contempora.
ries at the time that they We're 2iTlngg=
Virginia a very poor advertisement.
THAT. il times were hard with MS they
would not be improved by such talk as
that. and that il we wanted outsiders
10 come in and make investments and
help to start UP new industries and
buy our farming lands and help us to
advance our material interests, caiami-
ty shouting was a mighty poor waEto
accomplish it. Especially did we Warn
the people Of the Southwest against
that sort of gloomerang-if we may
t.oin a word. We spoke of the wonder
sful resources of that section of the
State and asked our contemporaries
s sc they expected to induce men OF
means to buy their mines and operate
Them and build up new factories where
tlie raw material was SO abundant by
advertising TO the world that their sec
tion of the State was overty-striciien.
We think that we may :aifly claim,
lin all modesty, that these articles had
some effect. At any rate, we We're so
ASSURED ny SOluS Ltul
E In the Southwest, and, whether or not.
the fact is that from that time on
there was less and less of calamity
shouting until finally it disappeared al
together, and by degrees the newspa-
pers all over the State began 10 titli-
of prosperity and TO advertise the re-
sources ana advantages of the sections
which they represented. Now, the gos-
pei of prosperity is being preached
everywhere in this good old Common
I wealth, and Governor TyleG's smile
suggests green pastures and still wa
tels. The newspapers and the gators
are talking of Virginia's progress, of
iler rich resources. Of new factories.
that are going up, of old factories that
gre Increasing their speed and their
output, Of great railroad earnings, of
brisk trade. of new banks and increas
ing banking capital, and tile song of
prosperity is like a mighty chorus 1T
an ingatllering feast.
1t is too bad that n croak of iiscord
should be heard. even from the Repub
tiEic
was some excuse for croaliing when
times We're hard, but the man who
now stands up in Virginia and shouts
calamity makes himself an object
Of ridic,lie, and Colonel Hoge is too.
sensible a man to do this senseiess
Hing. He is bright and original, aud.
axe are surprised that he should be.
willing TO parade himself as any sort
of an imitator, much less The imitator
of grotesgue character of ancient
days The fact is, it is Col. .Hoge and
not Virginia that is behind the times,
that is .fossi,ized. He cannot afford
10 play in such q role: lie cannot 81.
ford 10 make slicli a spectacle OF linn
self. He could not adopt u surer neetil-
+ cd to convince the people OF Virginia.
that he is leading Il forlorn hope. COL
iioge knows, as we'll as any, that ca,
lamity shouting is no longer popular
In Virginia. aud he cannot hope to gain
votes by that sort Of campaigning.
therefore. We must conclude 1aIat his