The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-12
The WAYS of Politicians.

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The Ways of$Politicians.
According to our Washington corre-
sron6cnt member Of Congress from
Southern State said recently that lo
would be willing to bet a considerable
sum OF money that virginiar delegation
to the st. Louis Convention would be for
Senator Gormun for tho presidential nom
nation. He thought that the sentiment
of the State was for Judge Parker, but
he did not think tho delegation would
be Instructed, and that the German men
would in this way gain control of the
Virginia delegations. ,S17
Isn't that isolent7 IF the people
Of Virginia are for Parker. and there
Is every indication that they are, why
Should the Virginia delegates be for Cor
nan? But some politicians seem to think
that the wish Of the people counts for
little that the people are incapable Of
taking care of their own affairs, and that
it is the duty OF politicians to act as their
guardians.
We are not disposed to join In the
chorus of those who continually decry
politicians. They have their uses, and we
respect an honest politician as much as
re respect an honest man in any other
vocation. But 1t riles lis to the quick
when politicians try as they often do,
ny scheme and trickcry to defeat the
will Of the voters.
AS for the rllmor from Washington
about German, we attach little import
ance to it, but it serves Just as well as
an illustration Of political "schemery."
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Mr.. William D. seldeu, the Chamber Of
Commerce news dealer, has recently picks
ed up Il copy Of Frank Leslies illustrated \
Newspaper of November "a, 1860. 1t Is
paper OF historic interest, as 1t contains
several fine Illustrations of the thrilling
political events of that era. On the first
rage is a picture Of "the secession ora
tors addressing the8pcople outside of the
City Hall, Charleston, S. c." together
with a reproduction OF ."the Palmetto
Flag OF Charleston s. c." On the inside
is double page picture of "the great
mass-meetng to endorse the call OF the
Legislature of South Carolina for State
Convention to discuss the question of Sc
ccssion from the Union, held at lnstl-
itute Hall, Charleston, S. c., on Monday,
November IL, 1860" There is still another
the rlesident-elect, receiving his visitors
in tho State House, Springfield, ILL.,
Tho paper has been we'll preserved and
the illustrations are first rate for those
times.
The editor himself was sailing through
dangerous waters and was guiding his
vessel with great care. I'm our pages
this week" says he, I'VE illustrate pass
ing events of great and stirring inter-
est, both in the South and In the North
tile seeding movements In the South and
tho scenes In tho presidential campaign
in the North. We claim to be strictly
and entirely neutral In our course of Jour-
naism, chronicling events as they tram
spire in every section of the country,
without bias and without feeling: adher-
Jig closely to facts, but advocating neith
er one side nor the other of the dis
turbing element of partisan politics"
At that time the editor Of Frank Les
lies Illustrated Newspaper did not know
(which way the cat was going to jump
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A number of Washington correspon-
dents of western papers recently re-
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