The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-11-02

situations. II has lifted it's voice IN pro
itst We are opposed to national SIN. to
ccnt,ais ton. to Socialism. whether that
dcc.:-ine bc preached by President Roose~
volt Rel uhlican. or by Senator Hill,
Deiapcrat. We be. iere that Mr.. Hill was
as WONG az Democrat could be in put
ting tie famous coal p.ank in the Demo-
tenn ting 10 justify II either by the Con-
stdation of the United States, or by the
teachings OF Democracy. or BY the ext
seacies OF the hour. AS soon as the dec
lasa,ion in favor Of government owner
ship az coal mines was made by the
New York Democracy The Tines pro-
tested and denounced It as utterly IN
Democratic and revolutionary. and we
were gratitied no little when the Demo-
cratic nominee for Governor rcpudated
it.
on the other hand we are equally OPP
posed 10 RoosevcItisn. We believe that
President Roosevelt is wrong il, under
taxing to persuade the States to sur
render thei,. sovereign powers to the
national government. and we believe that
y wouid be a national ca aInily il Mr..
Rooseveit's plan should be adopted. We
believe thai the President was wrong n
Interfering IN the Goa, strike, and We
fear thai his error viii be demonstrated
tirna ard again hereafter.
-aa acheie to the doctrine of local self
sav..ii,,ncnf. we are convinced that II
til. people of the Unted Stats are not
able to manage Their business affairs
without the aid or ntertersnce Of gov
ei,nr.ent they have lost their powers Of
sci. government and that tie Republic
m,.s, fall. But we stiil have an abiding
sfai.f in the sanity and good Judgment
aul conservatism of the American people;
". believe that they are able 10 manage
thor own affairs without government in
reference and we believe that every =
teE;ii a, Interference ON the part Of the
Authorities is mschierous and is TO be
.7eI,ukcd ard resisted as often as 1t is
mate.
TAE TROUBLE OF HE PEACE
MAKER
Some time ago Democratic news
paper in Virginia said that there VAS
only one Republican paper in the STATE
with which 1T was possible 10 discuss
matters at issue between the political
parties upon tina, level Of decencys and
dignity upon which due respect for the
republic demands ,ha, they should be
discussed
In reply TO that Impeachment and In
Il spirit of ia rness and justice we said
that there were several Republican news
papers in the State which We're .ireIy
scnteel and dign!tied in their editorial
conuuct.
Tie Spirit of the Valley. a Republican
newspaper. reproduces our remarks and
adds:
ave do not altogether Ike the tone
of The Times remarks in the above
And right here We desire to say that our
are addressed sole.y to The
Times. whose editors we know are gem
!. ilteei aud digpiied. There are only.
about eight or ten Republican news
lstpers in Virgin a. and as lar as we can
recall trey are aIlfedited in a Senteel and
d < #itied manner. but The Times ins5the
above seems TO intimate THAI there are
only a small proportion of such.
we suppose that there is moi SIM
g. Republican newspaper IN the state
which des res or needs certificate OF
resp c alb ~ from any Democtatc paper.
vet we. cannot believe that the edtfe Of
The Times when he used the Cove
Quoted languagc-ianerage conveying
SUR as4#to some Republican papers and
a tone. rather unpea antir patronszinS
as to the otllers-could have we Ghed 1t
sell me lll:les has Is .si.lN ~ % ~
fair and courteous TO the Republican
press OF Virginia. and While there are a
few ney 81 apeis.
:, OF whom 10 be dispraised we're no
small praise
yet our Ri5lmond contemporary Is not
of that ass However. We believe the
NEWSPAPERS of the State MI
he content TO stand on Their merits, be-
liexlng viii Pope that
Praise from friend or censure from
Are lost on hearers that our merits
know.
This is somewhat disappointing We did
not undertake 10 champion the Repub- /
Iican papers of virg MA. but simply in
fairness and fraternity 20 correct an err
ror We were certainly not counting the |
praise or favor of our Republican con-
te,nlorarses by doing them justice. but at |
lea st we had not expected TO receive a 1
febuke from one OF the number II re-
mains for as TO do justice to The Times.
for nlanifestly our good off ces have been
misunderstood The way of the peace
maker is not always pleasant. The fact
Is we are not entirely familiar with all 1
The Republican newspapers In Virginia |
aud so ne We're not prepared to vouch
for each and every one of them. We did
moi mean to say that there were any Re-
subican papers wh Oh We're indecent. We i
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