The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-28

'rTTE TIMES DISPA'
cessary 10 say that this poor woman
suffered almost as mitch ms IL a IAN eles'
i assault had been committed Upon he
! pcrso1,, nnd it5ls obvious that unless slit
had beef rescued the assault would have
been commits II II \
LIT Ii distressing to have to relate sucf
Il story In these columns, l,,,t there is II
| 1T nh object lesson which should be I'M
pressed ,pon all occasions. We OF Vlr.
| ginln, have been ,ntich condemned by
northern fnIntics for cnncting ID"
making attempt ut criminal assault upon
women punishable with death Mt tho dis
cretion Of the jtiry.@ This incd dent which
| Is by ITO means nh isolnted case, serves
to show the necessity for the Virginia
statute and the Justification Of IT. sue !
an attempt, us we have said, Is almost
as bad as the act itself, so far as the
suffering Of tho victim goes; but more
than that, the Inv is necessary as the
only lawful means Of preventing such at
toinpts, and still again It is necessary as
means Of preventing lynchlng. In the eyes
Of the public the brute who commits nt1
assault stitch as we have above related
deserves to die, and II the law does not not
provide for tho death penalty. Indignant
citizens OF tho COMMUNICATE very apt
\ to take The law into their own hands
and attended to the case 10 be perfectly
pain, southern me nhnve taken every
means to make the negro understand that
when he luys his hands In violence upon
4 the sacred person Of d good woman ne
virtually puts his neck into a halter.
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Ncws comes from Now Mexico TINT
the lIon. Jerry Simpson, ex-congrcss-s
man, is critically III. This news item re- re-.
calls the more or less stormy days OF the
rifty-sccond Congress when &rcperesenta.-
3tlvcs OF the Popullst party were nt-f
5mcrous, boil, in the House and the Sem
ate None of them got more free i'd nd
3yertising than ,,Thc soclsless statesman
Of medicine Lodge, and all manner
OF fun was made Of him. His effort
to curtail the laundry bills at the Capitol
by reducing the number OF towels to BIO
used BY members Of Congress was meat
for the correspondents and the para
graphers for weeks and months Old
timers will remember how Mr.. Simpson
declared with all the vehemence of his
nature and with all the courage OF his
convictions that since he found one towel
per week ample for his own private
needs, lie could not conscientiously sane
ton an expenditure that would allow
On CHI member four or five q day when the
dear people had to pay for the washing
Of the same. The "sockless Statesman
falsely so-calied, was picturesque ana
peculiar, but he was not fool. and no
one ever questioned his honesty or his
purity OF mind and heart. 1t was said
that he moved from Kansas to New
Mexico 10 grow up with the country
and be In trim to represent IT IN Congress
when the territory should be made
state. There will be many who Will be
grieved IL his reported illness shall ter ter
inmate fatally, and the new State that
is to be shall be deprived of his services
In Congress. II AZ TX
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.'There is America, which at this day
serves little more than to amuse you
with stories Of savage men and uncouth
yet shall, before you taste
nf death. show itself equal to the whole
81 that commerce which now attracts the
envy OF the world.
So spoke Edmund Burke when America
was an infant In arms Last year our
.oreign commerce amounted to 81, 635, 900 goo
ana our export trade to#a billion and
half dollars. The prophecy OF Edmund
Burke has been more than fulfilled.
IN all time of our prosperity. good
Lord deliver u.s.
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Colonel Bryan is for Folk, If Folk shall |
at the proper time be available" Now,
by all means, let us have the Bryan
Of availability.
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Governor IIoch also endorses Mr.. Folk
for the presidency. Ambitious states
men have been known to be killed out
right with too much endorsement.
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The President got real angry about that [
"Fads and Fancies'' story. Pity Next
time he will probably be more particular
with his photograph and his autograph
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