The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-13
STROLL WITH THE
STATE EDITOR
Stray Shots With Smokeless Powder
From His Rapid ire Guns Wide
Diversity of Ammunition.

The anti-schley editor of the New York
tobasco sauce.-Bristol Courier.
1t may be that Mr. Ellyson did not care
to fight for TWO positions and therefore
let so of the gubernatorial chair to re-
tain the Guardianship OF the Democratic
party. It will be remembered that Mr..
LaweSs is giving Mr.. Elgyson a chase for
the latter place.-DanviI!e Register
Good reads is Il subject that is hard to
down. Every winter when the roads are
bad the press is flied with suggestions TO
improve them. The better plan would be
to improve the roads in the summer and
deprive the newspapers from harping on
this quest:on.-Danvilie. Register.
Those who have become bsdridden from
reading the slang1Wil2nging novel OF the
period should take as a tonic liberal doses
of Sir Walter Scott and William Make
race NEWPORT News Times.
If all Newport News people would only
make up their minds to buy everything
they require in their own city during the
present year, their next neW-year's day
would be happier than the last one, ana
their city would be decidedly more pros
perous.-Morn;ng Herald.
Mrs Mary Ellen Lease has done the
sensible thing-decided not to sue for a
down with her husband to the enjoyment
OF domestic life X similar decision on
the part of many other people whose pres
ent habits Of life do not tend to knit the
family together would well nigh put the
divorce courts out of business.-Norfotk
Ledger.
If the professional politician could be
sidc-traclled, il partisan politics could be
ditched. if "the machine could be thrown
Of n, a ~ ! fla Of
both parties could get together and act
together there are yet a sufficient num-
Der OF sensible, honorable, capable people
in this State to insure a constitution vast
" superior to the present instrument
bearing that name. But will they do il?
Pulaski News Review
We would. however, just for the sake
of old times. like to see exhibited a can
didate whom an office sought, and who
was sufficiently impressed with the honor
of a high position as to refuse TO SO out
in the road and fight for it, and then de-
clare how grateful he was TO the dear
people FOR letting him show them no"
worthy OF their support he was But
that is dream and dreams d0n't go il
this day and observation-disclosures Times
The gubernatorial contest, which was
interesting in the start on account of tie
large number OF candidates, is becoming
growing small.-Danvilie Register.
The South has one reason to be thank
full that Mckinley was reelected if any
Republican had to be. y Me-" man would
try to strengthen himself with the ne
groes in the North by appointing men OF
that race to Office in the South. Mchin-
ley having no need for delegates four
years from now. will probably not do 50.
Blue Ridge Guide.
Another contest for Congressman
Rhea's seat in Congress has been for
mally inaugurated by General james y,
Walker He will endeavor to show fraud
at the polls as he did two years ego. and
with as little success, doubtless. as he
did then. He does not expect to prove
it. but relies upon a Republican House TO
perpetrate a fraud, and IN the event he
fails in that, will be satisfied with the
cash which will be given him to make
the contest and the notoriety it will give
him He lost before the Elections Com
.nittee of the House in his last contest,
and the increased majority by which he
was beaten in the last election gives hin,
no reason to hope more at their hands
now. 1t is safe to predict that he will
continue to be Statesman without
job."-Peninsular Enterprise.