The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-08-21
The Question OF the Hour.

The Question Of the Hour.
Our esteemed contemporary, the News
Leader, takes upon itself the form OF
a prancirg mule and brays and kicks and
shakes It's nane and paint brush tnil az
The Tines-Dispatch In a. manner SO
threatening altogether as to make us shy
off and hold up our hands and crv
war, mulel'. What's the matter with
you, dear ncighborY What are you kick
ing us for7 What have we sadd against
your pet n1ule7 We introduced the sub
ject and opened our columns to give him
fair play. Colonel George Jenkins, quar-
ternlaster OF the Nebraska State Guard
had made tho broad statement that he
had never known a man to be kicked by
a mule, and we simply asked for the 3 evil VI
dence pro and con. We confess to some
show OF caution, but we said not a word
against the statement; we said not q
word against the mules character. we
simply asked II he Kicked. and our neigh
Dor, who champions his cause SO fiercely,
admits the soft Cor hard impeachment,
but pleads justification. It says that ed-
ltors also kick. We admit 1T We admit
that this editor kicked yesterday when
the foreman made the editorial page silly
by leaving out the horse article to which
the mule article referred Our neighbor
has flne discern1llent worthy Of a nobler
cause. We admit that this editor also
kicked the other day, when the News
Leader, in a manner discred table to chiv--3
airy ana comrades attempted to saddle
Its own shortcomings and boresom eness
upon tho pack mule Of The 4rimes-D -'is
patch. N ...Ss Il jSs ..45y IN
But what's all that got to do with the
question under discussion? "Do q mule
kicl?"" That's what we are trying to find
out in the interest Of an inquiring pu blic.
b So far as We arc 3concerned, we like the
mule We cannot concur with the News
LeaderSt that his voice IS musical or that
his carriage is IS tylsh and martial. still
We like him. It is true that he was born
under a. cloud and he can have no pride
OF ancestry, but that Is not his fault and
We arc not disposed to throw + up at
him. We believe IN the smeri t III SYSTEM
We Judge mules as well as men BY their
character and their achiey ements, and not
by the character and achievements OF
their ancestry. We ] dye eacl, Ind iYidual 81.
mule by his own merit. You#c mot indct
an entire mule race any more than you
can indctsan4 entire horse race N Ne like
tho mule. We like him for his industry.
He never grows tired. He has built more
railroads and easements than any beast
of burden yYc like him for hlsfpa tience.,
He takes moro sass from 8inpudenta NEGRO.
boys than anybody We know and. neScr
talks back. Indeed he seems to la ugh 1T
ia scorn..g WeSl like him for Ills Sflrmness.!
When lie knows he Is right hell back
the whole load Into the river be fore he.
$willStake back a word lat lie has said 38s
We pay this tribute to n deserving
animal, not merely on his own account,
but In order 4 ii some IL egree. !; We hope,
to n appease the wrath y of our neighbor,
with whom wo like to live on friendly
terms. But we must at the last come
back 70 the original que stion Do q mule ll
kick SSa Fl5 m t l84sf "a 5si sS rs
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T o-day's Confed erate Column.
print two articles Of unusual interest
The one is from the pen OF a Richmond
school boy on The Cause Which Led
to the War Between the States The
Swyri tor, Mr.. II A1axWell Gordon Wallace;
won tile gold medal offered by Judge
George L.. Christian for the best essay
on this subject, and we have reproduced
it because 1t Is O. most credltable pro-
sduction.s It is q truennd concise pre-
scntatlon of the facts, and we hope that
1t WILDE read. especially BY the boys and
girls, 3s$8s
The other article to which, reference
is made is a communication from Z. NJ NJ
Norman Rand olph, who declares that the
Confederate women do not desire any
individual monument 5ltoi tfeiv memory mem 81!
She we'll says that each monument TO
tho Confederate dead in all parts OF the ne
South is a monument in more than one e
ense to the cap ederate women. and she. she
makes the practical suggest lon that those t1s
who would like to contribute to cold
And lgcless marble shaft will do better3to
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send their contributions to the fund which
is being raised for the Confederate M M
scum surn Mrs. Randolph is herself q true rue
and useful Confederate woman, and sh ne
makes an emlnently sensible and prac-
teal suggestion. which we hone VIII bring
practical results.
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Parker on Civic Duties.
In tho September numberso OF Success s.
IL an article based on an Address de 1iYer-
cd by Judge Parker at the Z : commence
ment of Union College. Albany, n q y, "
1901, and authorized by him for pupllc O.
ton. In this address Judge Parker I'M
pressed upon the college men the duty
which every citizen owes to his govern '''l'fl
ment. Il After speaking OF abuses, which ei
| ..ts, IN tho cities generally OF the Units