The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-27

cess, without pay, until the 9Th OF Mo-
vernber, so that they may be able to
participate in the campaign and strike
IL blow for the ticket and the cause it
represents. OF course this action on their
part will subject them to unfriendy criti-
clsm, but conscious of the rectftude of
their purpose they will pass it by az the
idle wind which they regard not Some
men are never happy unless they have an
opportunity to find fault They are so
Tiled WITH vanity and Self-conceit that
they Imagine all wisdom will die with
them They are capable, in their own
estimation of sitting down and framing
perfect Constitution before breakfast.
THE members of the convention ara
here at a great personal sacrifice and are
anxious to return to their accustomed
avocations, but having put their hands to-
the plow they are not disposed to look
back. They will meet all the just expec-
tations of the people: they will regulate
the suffrage. so as to eliminate the IL
Hterate negro as far as it can possibly be
done without violating the Fifteenl.l
Amendment to the Federal Constitution.
and at the same time preserve the right
to the white man; they will provide FOR
larger school appropriations and longer
school terms: they will devise q just and
equitable system by which the rate oe
taxation shall be reduced: they viii pro-
mote agriculture and immigration by
providing for an improved system of pub
lie roads: they will abolish useless of
fees and reduce the expenses of govern
ment. They have already cut down ey-
penses to an amount at least equal to
the entire cost of the convention Under
the jury system as provided by the Bill
of Rights and by the reforms introduced
into the legislative department they have
effected a saving of seyenty-five thousand
dollars, and the cost of the convention
to date has not been more than that sum.
THE RACE ISSUE PARAMOUNT
'"The paramount issue in the campaign
is the race issue 1t has not been Of our
seeking. 1t has been precipitated upon
US and we must meet it like men. The
platform of the Republican party anopt-
ed at Roanoke favors universal negro suf-
frage. One of ,neir representative men
in the convention has declared that he
knows negroes in the city or Richmond
who are better orators and scholars than
any member of the convention. Another
has stated that he endorses the 18th. 18th
and 18th amendments to the Federal Con-
stitution. and would cheerfuily give tho
right of suffrage to the negro il he did
not have it already
Within the last few days Mr.. Goods
concluded, tine resident of TIE United
States has shocked the people of the
South by entertaining an African at his
private dinner table in the White House,
and the incident has received the u'-
qualified approval of prominent Repubit-
can leaGers like Senator hanna and
Foraker, the last named having boldly
proclaimed in a public address that the
act of the President was intended to en-
phasize the fact tnat this is not u white
mans country.
Can such things be and overcome us
like a summer cloud without our special
wonder? The 1emocrary OF Virginia owe
it to themselves. the.r wives and children.
to rally as one man for the protection
and defense OF their homes and firesides.
Let them answer this affront in thunder
tones at the polls. Let tnem saddle
white Surrey for the field on the 5th
day. Of November. and be prepared TO
smite the enemy hip and thigh from the
rising of the sun to the going down OF
the same