The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-11-09

says:
&c, wise as to how the Hood'um SON
neieer
Has tlim-ilammed poor old Pe,rarch's
classic Muse
Until the ady wobbes In her shoes
And does some STEPS extremely on the
Perhaps she's orey-eyed from modern
beer.
Instead Of Jove's refined olymplan
booze.
Ard bidding let-.er-rip and turn-'cr-loose
Has gone clcansloco In her running gear.
Dut We, ten thousand books have hit the
pike
And stu the o-b,t Josh is selling. sell
ing.
The5ra5n can't stop the sales which. very
like
An liberated tooth. are swelling. swelling.
Perhans to take the money were
The "Hoadlum sonnets'. get there Just
the same.
Now this ine-seilfng stuff. feeding
coarse appetite. is described by San
Francisco critic being detlciously
absurd, and .resjst'b.y clever" 1t Is
nothing OF the kind. 1t is vagahond
thought and stun lirgo put into the form
of verse, and al, educated taste cannot
abide It. 1t Is distinctiveiy rag time
Possibly say the publishers. no re-
cent literary wotk has been more sue
cessful IN attracting the attention OF
the world To the Notwithstanding
genius Of California than those two clas-
sizes of hurnor. The Love Sonnets OF
Hoodlum. and The Cynic's Calendar OF
Revised Wisdom. "
The .'Consention-s hatterirg genius OF
California represent good abilit. running
to- waste 1t is a pitv#tilat the promising
literary destiny of the Golden State has
Slipped from the tuteage of Bret tiaTte
and his overland Monthly. and from the
steady, If rather gum. editorial censor
ship OF Frank Pixley# and .ei ONE Harte.
OF the Arganaut.9 to the writer of The
Love Sonnets of a Hoodlum and his
contemporary troops OF strainers after
morbid effects whose command of express
sion appears TO have been conceived IN
yellow Journalism and aourished upan
obsolete Iiit GStoitSS-E liz 5'Od->e aii.tS TN
talent TO do better. We do not see either
pure VT or real humor in The Love
Sonnets of a Hood UNI. with the factory
stamp upon every stanza or in such
nonsense as ..Noughrs lost save honor"
Vanity. vanity. all is Insanity
TO the pure all things are impure"
..Those who came TO cough remained to
snT.ay.,. Ste. ETC.. found in Oliver Her
fords ..cynic's Calendar of Revised
Wisdom
Reputa ton ought to be builtlupon some
thing more suhstant al than froth..
Ciererness and folly are closer kin than
insanity and genius.
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THE CORsC2 ATlON sOM'1i- OIL
Governor Montague has had q difficult
TASK. we imagine. in finding suitable men
10 compose the Corporation Commission
Not5that there. are not plenty OF suitable.
men in the State. but the Governor mas
rot had the whole State TO select from.
fic has had any such men as were will
i,,c 10 serve He has refused to allow
himself to be hurried by the impatient
ard the importunate. ard we do8not be-
licve that he has yieided 10 any sort OF.
,.,ressl.re'' n making his selections. Ii
So he mas acted uHwisely- The RESPONSE
biity OF naming the commission is his
ard If mistakes are made the blame viii
Il upon the Governor and not upon those.
who brought pressure to hear upon
. - I
him, Doubtless the Governor understands
this we'll enough and will govern him
SELF accordingly.
Nor do we think 1t wise on the Part Of
bortsiders to bring pressure to bear. It
is all right to make suggestions. but sug-5
gestion is one thing and pressure, Is
another The people of the State are not.
interested in the candidacy OF this man or
that They want the best men for the
Place: they want men who are. qualified
| IN pafnt of character, and the best way
10 secure them Is 10 leave the Governor
free. He has naturally given more
thought to the subject than any other
man, and he8is in better postionto judge.
Fte e is man of discretion. and if the
PEOPLE trust Him they should not e:nbar-
rass him. This is the Governors pro-
blen and he must solve ii In his own
ray He Will certainly disappoint his
many admirers throughout the State if
IL, permits himself TO be influenced by
tpo,itics. by fealsors by favoritsrn In choos-
ing the men to serve on this most i'm
pcrtant commission.
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THE#GAlNo .OFTH5#LlBEPALS.
The tub.lation Of the Liberals over Their.
| victory at the hv-e!ections in cleveland
and the cutting down of the s-nionist
| ma ority in East Toxteth,. is not nearly
so well founded as he quiet satisfaction
of the Democratic party over its s.smn-
cant aff-year gains. The Inference Is
tina, the reasons for our victory are fnn-
damental and far-reacfiRg;; they occurred
at she psychological moment TO inspire a
i widespread tacit understanding for tu-