Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-03
SOUTHERN SENTIMENT.

Comment of the Newspapers on Va
rious Subjects.
It is reported that lily whites arriving
In Washington from the South carry
razors in their bootlees-not real razors.
you know. but meta phoricai ones. used
Il political neutrality-suspicious. kegs
ter.
II Is true that the women IN tnlS
country are treated with more coHs!dera-
tion than the women Of any other coun-
irwin the countries Of Older as we'll as IN
countries of newer civilization. but even
in this country there are women VINO are
brutally treated in many ways. by men
who deserve to have the krout applied 10
their naked backs.-Nashvflle Amerl-
can.
It NAV be true as the papers are say
ing. that the Presidents opinions on the
race question have charged since his visit
South but if 1t is true it can hardly be
called creditahle to him that he did not
sooner inform himself Of the conditions
which prevail down here. He could nave
done so very easily. and would then
hardly have been guilty of some of the
Acknowledgements Advertiser
It seems doubtful whether since MI.
Gladstone's death there has been any
desire among EnglshUen to do real jus
tice to Ireland. and. on the other hand.
the temper of the Irish people is such
as to widen rather than to heal the
breach Were Ireland IS far away a one
of the colonies II is probable that COM
plete reconciliation would have been eff
fected fifty years ago.-Mac con Telegraph.
Touching the Ne chine. let us saw. there
is always Machine. In every State OF
the Union and in both parties the Organi-
cation is the Machine. The outsider is
perpet-ally fighting the insi9er. When
the people. either through Indifference. or
any ether cause, are unable to help them
selves. or unwilling to disturb the
rascals that rule the roost the Machine
will be a corrupt Machine. Immunity in
power is the source of corruption
Louisville Courier-Journal.
It would be remarkable. and a very
remarkable thing If President Roosevelt
were to have no opposition for the ncmi-
nation ard il would be equally remark
able. should there be no opposition. if it
doesn't centre around Mark Hanna. who IS
still as far as individual influence goes.
outside of patronage. the dominating per-
sonality in the Republican party.-Wil-
mington Star.
The speedy disposition of the suit to
inval'date the constitution of Virginia,
by Chief-Justice Fuller and judge Wad-
dill! in the United States Circuit Court
1T Richmond. WAS severe rap a John S.
Wise and those who were associated with
him. The court said 1t had no jurisdic-
ton. An appeal will be taken. The cues
items and rema rks of Chef-Justice Fuller
indicated that he had little sympathy with
the movement. s,.:d that se thought an!
possible question Of the rights OF negroes
TO registration should be brought before
the Virginia Supreme Court It is a
pleasure to note that John G. Carlisle was
not associated with Mr.. Wise In the case.
nc was reported he would be. It would
be disaGreeable to find Mr. Carlisle en-
deavoring for a fee to prevent a State
from founding its government upon In
tell1yc,.ce and enlightenment.-Sava
News
In deciding that the United States Ctr
cult Court ct Richmond. Va. had no juris-
d:cticn to determine whether or not the
election laws recently enacted by the
Constitutional Convention of Virginia are
ccnstifurlonal t'hi.f-.Iu .t,..;. rulioT, CT the
United States Supreme Court. enccura ges
tn, public to Lelieve that the isnorc Mt
au1 Nicmus vote has been eliminated
as factor in the political equation in
that Commonwealth.
1ndica tons are strong that if appeal oe
taken to the Supreme Court Of the United
States. rhe judgment of Chief-Justice Full
Ter VIII be sustained. Precedenrs. weiShty
and reverend and already established by
the court of last resort sustain the op'n-
ion shat was handed down by the ch.sf
Justice AMI that was concurred in py
Judge Waddill.
1t may be said. therefore that the
effort made by Mr.. John S. Wise, who was
cnce aligned with the bln ok and-tan Re-
publican party in Virginia and who for
!eascns CT weight moved fifteen years ago
to New York. to fasten upon his native
State the incubus of large purchasable
negro vote, has failed utterly and misers
ably. The fact that it has not succeeded
was anticipated by jurists throughout the
country The possibility that it might sue
cneti was ccntempla ted with a sense OF
anxiety by all citizens who understood
the political situation In the Southern
States The. feeling OF alarm is now dis
PEELED The Southern Commemorative are
once o,ore-.and we believe permanently
restored to the healthful political plane