The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-08-16

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Law and Lynching.
The Yirgnian put the justification Of
lynching IL, a nut shell when It says in
Its editorial this week: 1--WE lay dowr,
this principle that the law Is made to
protect society, and where the law Is
Inadequate, society may protect itself" s
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True as preaching But two things are
to be considered. I Cannot the law be made
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is lynching better than law for this
crime? n III III, g35 II HI I
" I we believed that lyncting was nee
cessary to prevent criminal assault Of
course, we should agree to It, much as
we love law and order. But we do not
believe 1t. That Is to say, we do not be-
lieve that lynching Is a surer preventive
than law. We know, however, that
8lynching Is m ost demora11zing to the
community which tolerates IT,.
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There Is something in life beside busl-
ness, politics, the IA Dor problem and tbs
race problem. There are questions Of
home life, questions Involving human
5happiness, questions OF sentiment which
are well worth our consideration. These
questions are to be discussed not alone
from the pulpit and !. the lecture. plat
form, but by the newspa pers which. So
into the homes OF! the PEG ple. NJ ost news
papers 90 give a good part Of & heir edi--;3
#torlal space to II such topics and they
are timely and profit bic. In the shop
they are called .lluman interest edl-s
ItorialS and there are no better editorials
Of this character than those of the Mil
9waukee Journal. The writer seems to-
have a gift for that class Of work, and
yl1e'1s doing valuable service for humanity.
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Champ Clark, Of Missouri, who was
permanent chairman O Il the Democratic
National Convention, is a fine specimen
of his party in the South and South
west. AZ New Albany, Ind, a public
meeting &. he was called a liar, and is rep
resented ii various newspa pcrs to have
then declared IKE n e y,
53ti5.'.Ifs the man who just called me al
liar Will meet nue. outside or s thu park
when I finish my speech. II cut his
throat from ear to ear sf.5 Elk
And that. from a member of Congress
and the chairman Of the committee that
notified Judge Parker Of his nomina-
NJ Ia
Self-control Is admiral BILE. but when
a. high Southern gentleman is called y q,
liar 10 y sinply W does not know how to
restrain himself, II is always equivalent
to the first lick. But, OF course a Re-
publican editor doesn' + under stand what
We are talking about. 4 X
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We have been puzzling over the word
iEsopus, and have just discovered that It.
is only an every day word spelt back
wards. -R edmond Tim s-Dispa tch.
Z It is eli! N oWy$ suppose YOU were at
spelling bee, wouldn' t you cut q pretty
figure ?-Index-Ap .93 s,t n
There you 90 always sticking for the,
p's and a. While a so It was s. Green's.
Vile" Now its something else, y ou'ra 1
as dsagreeable about spelling as ii the
Landmark is about. grammar, or, n the
Charlotte Observer a bout home made
poems. Suppose vet miss a chance to-
make all you fellows sorry you didn't
think OF it. Just fof the lack Of one poor
little letter? 7. 4, ~ ii IN
We want to know how the Virginia
Democracy and the West Virginia Demo.
.cracy could have gotten along this cam
paign without Joe Button. He s the
finest campaign Button in the bunch.
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The Popullsts of N tra slta have 4 non,t-,s
mated Mr. softlcy for S superintendent Of
public instruction, Well bet a. Pc rker
watch fob that when lie gets up TO.
speak, somebody will yell " .oud er!.
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J, Ton, Watson says that politics has the
keenest Interest for him. T hat means
wllcn he's running for office He seems
to be having a pretty good time just
pretending he's running. i; 4
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81 The Clifton Forge Review says that
there is an opening; I'm that town for g
live man who will carry on the bakery
and Zoe cream business. II.
Vi Our esteemed conternp orary. tho Balti-i
more Herald. has gone unanimously
Democratic, Score another for Parker
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The Russian situation is now soEpitifpl
that even the photographers have stopped
Joking, tj.s FL
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The Parker wateh5fob Will make a fine