The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-28

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great, ana, iof my mind, Inevitable step gof
progress NJ tho direction OF our CONNER.
cai7 development lies In the direction o.
national nr Federal corporations 4 4 SIG ~
corporal should be iiad e 10 ssihle stlnt
| dep such fnir restriction ana rev sion as
should bcl attached to them any SbrA nch q
business @ could bc freely entered
l!upolI BY oil corners and the tall OF tl' l
monopoly would forever be i done ~ 1.'
With rs }}l3 .t5i3 n. Z. \.
aour present system Of state corpora =, 4 t
lions, almost MS varied In Its prov lslolls
M tho number OF states, Is {vcxtst lous like
1 Is tho business community and to. tho
authorities o 4 the various stu tes.N =, Snc y
|sITederht8 action need not tnkd avn VI iron,
these states their fright to taxation or i,ore-
lice regulation, but would make it.nos Bile
for S5 business organizations to know
tho general terms on which they cou L.
conduct their business i,lt a country g
largo. }s # Is " 81 III gssy II. ~,
OTIS States as nffecting business corpor,',
lions IL one 81 the most vexatious features
nttend ing tho business lifo OF any great
corporation to-day, and suggest f or o.,
most careful consideration the thoug q
a Federal law. III II t,ss5 s3s3 iii N 4, ts
1t Is Interesting, and It Is Significant
that this suggestion should have come
originally from Il representative OF Y one
Of the most powerful Of our industrial cor. /.
tporn tions-n corporation that comes
carer. VI ,erha,s. than any other \ to- be-
ing monopoly a cor porntlon Official s4'l:
recently remarked within our hearing
that IN his opinion every largo corpora '1tfI
ton In this country would gladly Il e t':i
change Its state chartcr n for Federal L! Ter
charter 81 equal scope and prlvileg pre-
fcrrng to DO under the control and SUI
pervislon Of the deral ernlnent, ra tll
ter, than to be under the n!,ycxatous' aud
conflicting regulations q irdivl l dual 'lII
States. HI Az .5 j vs. 335s.3 e tsst
W 1t must be recognized, b however that hat
this scheme contemplatcs and sforcshad- \
ows enormous increase iii the centrasl IE7'
powers, and corresponding decrease in the
powers OF the Industrial States, a
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Sb IN these days Of invent ton some p op ri
are invehting reasons and exous tor OF
crime We have read 81 some Q f8t these OK
cuses which OH 7 their face seemed }plausi:-55
bic enough and some were very thin, to
use "a slang expression. The latest winch:
bears a plausible face with q mixture Of
thinness according oindtvdunl point 81 Of
view, comes from Boston a Mrs. M At
Sgaret Slater Of that city, was caugh In z
the very act OF shoplfting and when e 2 r.
raigned In tho police court she pleaded
guilty, but In assigning 8reas son for the =
larceny she said that for many years 'l's
she has had IN inclination to become q
prison mlatron, and thin ~ short time tins
1t was her intention to apply for such q
position through friends 3l q stealing ;ll.lr
something she knew she would be liable !!
to arrest, and the confinement In the
house OF retention which would " follow.
would afford her an opportunity to get an
idea Of X tho work Of a. prison a1tlron,t
and she would be able TO determine Just
how the women prison el's are Streate
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s If the Car gives to the people Of his
domain, the governmental reforms OUT
lined in the Associated Press dispa tche :
he will have complied In la rye part wit j
tho demands OF the zcmstyo a II a meet
ing yesterday Of the 4 AIoscow zemstye,
lin the presence Of y great udience reso-
|5lutions Of confidence and congratulat tons
were passed on the ppointnlent Of FRINGE lc
Peter sviastopollx- Mirsky, as minister Of
the interior, and at the prospect g Of closer
relations and mutual confidence betWee5l
the government and the people.
1t appears from this that the people
are pleased with the proposed reforms g q
the Gar But we doubt II they are sat
isfied. Ifsthey get this much they vii
demand more. Resolu tons never go back ,ls;
ward. Ia II: * IL Il
B9.8l 3E&g gag lass
Another wife murder IN Virginia
|, little while ago a citizen Of Charlottes
Vile was convicted Of this hcinous and
cowardly crime, but while he was still
under the shadow Of the gallows. tbs
crime was repeated In Radford with I'D
ditional horror. But we nope tila 2. llle.'
will be no mob violence. Our courts ~
justice will attend to the case Of the Fad e. l
ford man as they attended to the case ';l'if
of tho Charlottesville man. and # s s3l'
evidence be sufficient TO convict e'1af, eyer e.
though 81 BIO clrcumstantial vide At, only
he will get what all such Sculprlt deserve e y
1 T at tho law take Its course. 5Si 3
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The opposition to the re,eect lonsof Sen
ator Depcw will probably develop some som
i interesting facts concerning the ra rails y
Of campaign funds for the late nati on I
campaign, is5ss III
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An immigration movement TO tn the 'so out
is one OF the big things to be pulled OF
In the early days Of tho new year. a,le
ii viii 80 a long ways towards scttlins