The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-20

certain case, stated that prior to the
enactment of the act of February 4. 1887,
| tc regulate commerce. railway traffic IN
this country was regulated by the prin-
clples OF the common law applicable to
| common carriers
And SO 1t would seem that the highest
court in the land Is Of the opinion that
there is a common law OF the United
States, Mr.. Roosevelt to the contrary
notwithstanding. Judge Parker knew
what he was talking about and Mr..
Roosevelt did not.
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"The Thing That Thou Doest.'
When Moses. the greatest leader OF
men, had successfully marched the chill
dren OF Israel out OF Egypt and was
making that wonderful pilgrimage across
the wilderness, he was visited in his
camp IN the wilderness by Jethro. his
fathcr-in-law When Jethro reached the
headquarters Of Moses they had a long
tulk as they sat in tent, and as the
Scripture puts 1t, they asked each
other of their welfare" Moses told his
father-n-law all about the exodus from
Egypt, the crossing of the Red sea ana
the life in the wilderness, rs far as It had
gone. Jetrro then took look around
the camp and saw all that Moses did to
tho people,"
According to the Scripture narrative,
Jethro saw that Moses was overworking
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much authority. lie was arbitrator; he was
Judge; he was high priest; he vas every
thing Nothing was done except under
his direct observation. !Io permitted no
ono to exercise authority or to pass upon
even the most trivial affair. He con-
Quoted the whole business. He was kept
busy from early morn till dcwy eve set
ting minor disputes among the people
and looking after this, that and the
other: doing many things that Jethro
thought ought to be delegated to some
body else or to some tribunal or to some
legislature.
Jethro inquired about this condition Of
affairs, and Moses frankly told him mat
he was attempting to do it all. AND
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Noses's father-in-law said unto him: me
thing that thou doest Is not good. inc
father-in-law then proceeded to advise
Moses to recognize somebody else, and
made the following suggestion: More
over, thou shalt provide out Of all the
people, able men, such as fear God, men
Of truth, hating covetousness, and place
such over them to be rulers OF thousands,
and rulers OF hundreds, rulers OF fifues,
and rulers Of tens Moses took the adj
| yice of his father-n-law and everything
| thereafter worked more smoothly
Three years ago, as one of the results
| of a. deplorable tragedy, Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt became the President OF the
| United States. He was O Rough RlderI
and to a marked degree he carried the
rough-ridcr idea into the White House.
That is to say, he has. as far as he has
dared to- overridden Congress- the su-
preme Court, his legal advisers, the mem
bers of the Cabinet, public opinion. yox
populi, and everybody and everything else.
| ac has become a law unto himself. With
imperialistic arrogance he disregards SUI
preme Court decisions, disrcgards Con-
| Ercss .or makes 1t do his Will; disregards
| the voice of the people, NEEDLES with for
eign affairs, overrides a sister republic,
and, In short tries to take upon himself
all the duties Of all the departments OF
the administration heretofore supposed
10 maintain a government Of the people,
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by the people and for the people.
If the Democratic sand n independent
papers, and, in fact. all the journals Of
the country except the. hide-bound Re-
publican organs, are to be believed. the
people have said to Mr.. Roosevelt: The
thing that thou doest is not good" There
fhayc been numbers Of Jethroes among
his best friends to advise him in like
manner. He not only refuses to accept
and abide by such timely advice. as did
the wise man Of old, but in his letter OF
| acceptance, III which he is asking the
people to continue him in the presidential
chair, he boldly declares that he Is not
going to accept such advice In the event
of his election, but that he Is going to
"stand pat" and continue IN the future 10
do as he has done in the past. 1t Is
plain that he considers himself the whole
thing and there is every reason to be-
lieve that he will continue to so consider
himself If he receives endorsement at
the polls. Manifestly there Is nothing for
tho people TO do but to refuse him that
endorsement, and elect to the presidency
of the United States the man of the peo-
pie, Judge Alton B. Parker.
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